Angle sums of simplicial polytopes

MaRDI QIDQ6345074zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Sebastian Manecke

Publication date 14 July 2020

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of simplicial complexes (05E45) Combinatorial properties of polytopes and polyhedra (number of faces, shortest paths, etc.) (52B05) (n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11) Dissections and valuations (Hilbert's third problem, etc.) (52B45)

Abstract: The interior angle vector ($widehatalpha$-vector) of a polytope is a metric analogue of the $f$-vector in which faces are weighted by their solid angle. For simplicial polytopes, Dehn-Sommerville-type relations on the $widehatalpha$-vector were introduced by Sommerville (1927) and H"ohn (1953). Camenga (2006) defined the $widehatgamma$-vector, a linear transformation analogous to the $h$-vector and conjectured it to be non-negative. Using tools from geometric and algebraic combinatorics, we prove this conjecture and show that the $widehatgamma$-vector increases in the first half and is flawless. In contrast to the $h$-vector, we construct a six-dimensional polytope with non-unimodal $widehatgamma$-vector. More generally, all result remain valid when solid angles are replaced by simple and non-negative cone valuations.

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