Containment in (s,t)-core Partitions

Abstract

We introduce the idea of (s,t)-closure and delta-sets and show that (s,t)-closed beta-sets which are contained set-wise in (s,t)-closed delta-sets are also contained partition-wise. This implies the maximal (s,t)-core partition theorem of Olsson and Stanton. Along the way, we reprove the (s,s+1)-core case, originally proved by Olsson and Stanton, using new techniques, and several lemmas and propositions regarding the containment of partitions are presented as well. Finally, we study how these apply to partitions which are T-core.