Sums of sets of lattice points and unimodular coverings of polytopes (Q1677508): Difference between revisions

If \(P\) is a lattice polytope in \({\mathbb R}^n\) then every sum of \(h\) lattice points in \(P\) is a lattice point in the \(h\)-fold sumset \(hP=\{x_1+\dots+x_h : x_i\in P, i=1,\dots,h\}\). The converse in not true in general. A lattice point in the \(h\)-fold sumset \(hP\) need not be the sum of \(h\) lattice points in \(P\). The author proves that if the polytope \(P\) is a union of unimodular simplices, then every lattice point in the \(h\)-fold sumset \(hP\) is the sum of \(h\) lattice points in \(P\).