Enriched chain polytopes

Abstract: Stanley introduced a lattice polytope

m a t h c a l C_{P}

arising from a finite poset

P

, which is called the chain polytope of

P

. The geometric structure of

m a t h c a l C_{P}

has good relations with the combinatorial structure of

P

. In particular, the Ehrhart polynomial of

m a t h c a l C_{P}

is given by the order polynomial of

P

. In the present paper, associated to

P

, we introduce a lattice polytope

m a t h c a l E_{P}

, which is called the enriched chain polytope of

P

, and investigate geometric and combinatorial properties of this polytope. By virtue of the algebraic technique on Gr"{o}bner bases, we see that

m a t h c a l E_{P}

is a reflexive polytope with a flag regular unimodular triangulation. Moreover, the

h^{*}

-polynomial of

m a t h c a l E_{P}

is equal to the

h

-polynomial of a flag triangulation of a sphere. On the other hand, by showing that the Ehrhart polynomial of

m a t h c a l E_{P}

coincides with the left enriched order polynomial of

P

, it follows from works of Stembridge and Petersen that the

h^{*}

-polynomial of

m a t h c a l E_{P}

is

g a m m a

-positive. Stronger, we prove that the

g a m m a

-polynomial of

m a t h c a l E_{P}

is equal to the

f

-polynomial of a flag simplicial complex.

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