Principal specializations of Schubert polynomials, multi-layered permutations and asymptotics

Abstract

Let $v(n)$ be the largest principal specialization of Schubert polynomials for layered permutations $v(n) := \max_{w \in \mathcal{L}_n} \mathfrak{S}_w(1,\ldots,1)$. Morales, Pak and Panova proved that there is a limit \[\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{\log v(n)}{n^2},\] and gave a precise description of layered permutations reaching the maximum. In this paper, we extend Morales Pak and Panova's results to generalized principal specialization $\mathfrak{S}_w(1,q,q^2,\ldots)$ for multi-layered permutations when $q$ equals a root of unity.