Generalised Flatness Constants: A Framework Applied in Dimension 2

Authors Giulia Codenotti, Thomas Eric Hall, Johannes Hofscheier

Publication date 21 September 2021

Lattice polytopes in convex geometry (including relations with commutative algebra and algebraic geometry) (52B20) Lattices and convex bodies in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C07) Symplectic manifolds (general theory) (53D05)

Abstract: Let

A i n m a t h b b Z, m a t h b b R

and

X s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{d}

be a bounded set. Affine transformations given by an automorphism of

m a t h b b Z^{d}

and a translation in

A^{d}

are called (affine)

A

-unimodular transformations. The image of

X

under such a transformation is called an

A

-unimodular copy of

X

. It was shown in [Averkov, Hofscheier, Nill, 2019] that every convex body whose width is "big enough" contains an

A

-unimodular copy of

X

. The threshold when this happens is called the generalised flatness constant

m a t h r m {F l t}_{d}^{A} (X)

. It resembles the classical flatness constant if

A = m a t h b b Z

and

X

is a lattice point. In this work, we introduce a general framework for the explicit computation of these numerical constants. The approach relies on the study of

A

-

X

-free convex bodies generalising lattice-free (also known as hollow) convex bodies. We then focus on the case that

X = P

is a full-dimensional polytope and show that inclusion-maximal

A

-

P

-free convex bodies are polytopes. The study of those inclusion-maximal polytopes provides us with the means to explicitly determine generalised flatness constants. We apply our approach to the case

X = D e l t a_{2}

the standard simplex in

m a t h b b R^{2}

of normalised volume

1

and compute

m a t h r m {F l t}_{2}^{m a t h b b R} (D e l t a_{2}) = 2

and

m a t h r m {F l t}_{2}^{m a t h b b Z} (D e l t a_{2}) = f r a c 103

.

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