Descent Monomials, P-Partitions and Dense Garsia-Haiman Modules

A two-variable analogue of the descents monomials is defined and is shown to form a basis for the dense Garsia-Haiman modules. A two-variable generalization of a decomposition of a P-partition is shown to give the algorithm for the expansion into this descent basis. Some examples of dense Garsia-Haiman modules include the coinvariant rings associated with certain complex reflection groups.