The cd-index of zonotopes and arrangements (Q4400922)

The affine hull of the flag vectors of all \(d\)-dimensional zonotopes (equivalently: of all essential central hyperplane arrangements in \({\mathbb R}^d\)) coincides with the affine hull of the flag vectors of all \(d\)-polytopes. The lattice spanned by the flag vectors of \(d\)-zonotopes is characterized by the condition that \(f_S\) is divisible by \(2^{| S| }\), for all \(S\). Equivalently, the integral lattice spanned by the \textbf{cd}-indices of all zonotopes coincides with the ring of all non-commutative polynomials with integral coefficients in the variables \textbf{c} and 2\textbf{d}. The proofs for these results rely on the coalgebra technique of \textit{R. Ehrenborg} and \textit{M. Readdy} [J. Algebr. Comb. 8, 273-299 (1998)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0890.00032].