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Let \(c_{\lambda\mu}^{\nu}\) be the coefficient in the decomposition of the product of Schur functions \(s_{\lambda}({\mathbf x})s_{\mu}({\mathbf x})=\sum_{\nu}c_{\lambda\mu}^{\nu}s_{\nu}({\mathbf x})\) and let \(K_{\lambda\mu}\) be the Kostka coefficient defined as the coefficient of \({\mathbf x}^{\mu}\) in \(s_{\lambda}({\mathbf x})\). In the paper under review the authors study the behaviour of the stretched Littlewood-Richardson and Kostka coefficients, \(c_{N\lambda,N\mu}^{N\nu}\) and \(K_{N\lambda,N\mu}\), respectively, where \(N\) is an arbitrary positive integer. Motivated by the Fulton conjecture that \(c_{N\lambda,N\mu}^{N\nu}=1\) for all \(N\) if and only if \(c_{\lambda\mu}^{\nu}=1\), by the saturation conjecture, and by some other observations, the authors stay several conjectures for \(c_{N\lambda,N\mu}^{N\nu}\) and \(K_{N\lambda,N\mu}\). The first two conjectures are that, for \(\lambda,\mu,\nu\) fixed, \(c_{N\lambda,N\mu}^{N\nu}\) and \(K_{N\lambda,N\mu}\) are polynomials in \(N\). The third conjecture is that the number of these polynomials is bounded if \(c_{\lambda\mu}^{\nu}\) and \(K_{\lambda\mu}\) are fixed. Further conjectures concern the related generating functions. The authors give a lot of supporting evidence, a result both of computer work and theorems in partial cases. The study makes use of a hive model for evaluating the coefficients, making a connection with integer points of rational convex polytopes. As the authors have added in proofs, the key component of their first conjecture was settled in [\textit{H. Derksen, J. Weyman}, J. Algebra 255, No. 2, 247--257 (2002; Zbl 1018.16012)] using semi-invariants of quivers. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1048.81007].