Given a set of integers with no three in arithmetic progression, we construct a Stanley sequence by adding integers greedily so that no arithmetic progression is formed. This paper offers two main contributions to the theory of Stanley sequences. First, we characterize well-structured Stanley sequences as solutions to constraints in modular arithmetic, defining the modular Stanley sequences. Se...

We answer positively a question of Asia Rauf for the case of intersections of three prime ideals generated by disjoint sets of variables and we present several inequalities on Stanley depth. This is a detailed presentation of our talk at the conference on ”Fundamental structures of algebra” in honor of Prof. Serban Basarab at his 70-th anniversary. Let S = K[x1, . . . , xn] be a polynomial alge...

We study the problem of expanding the product of two Stanley symmetric functions Fw · Fu into Stanley symmetric functions in some natural way. Our approach is to consider a Stanley symmetric function as a stabilized Schubert polynomial Fw = limn→∞S1n×w, and study the behavior of the expansion of S1n×w · S1n×u into Schubert polynomials, as n increases. We prove that this expansion stabilizes and...

These are (mostly) expository notes for lectures on affine Stanley symmetric functions given at the Fields Institute in 2010. We focus on the algebraic and combinatorial parts of the theory. The notes contain a number of exercises and open problems. Stanley symmetric functions are a family {Fw | w ∈ Sn} of symmetric functions indexed by permutations. They were invented by Stanley [Sta] to enume...

We define nice partitions of the multicomplex associated with a Stanley ideal. As the main result we show that if the monomial ideal I is a CM Stanley ideal, then I is a Stanley ideal as well, where I is the polarization of I .