Crystal structures for double Stanley symmetric functions (Q783069)

Summary: We relate the combinatorial definitions of the type \(A_n\) and type \(C_n\) Stanley symmetric functions, via a combinatorially defined ``double Stanley symmetric function,'' which gives the type \(A\) case at \((x,0)\) and gives the type \(C\) case at \((x,x)\). We induce a type \(A\) bicrystal structure on the underlying combinatorial objects of this function which has previously been done in the type \(A\) and type \(C\) cases. Next we prove a few statements about the algebraic relationship of these three Stanley symmetric functions. We conclude with some conjectures about what happens when we generalize our constructions to type \(C\).