Newton polytopes of invariants of additive group actions (Q5928854)

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Newton polytopes of invariants of additive group actions
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1584451

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    Newton polytopes of invariants of additive group actions (English)
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    10 June 2002
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    Let \(B = k[x_1, \ldots, x_m]\) denote the polynomial ring in \(m\) variables over a field \(k.\) Any polynomial may be written as a finite sum \(f = \sum_{u \in {\mathbb Z}_+^n} f_u x^u.\) The set of \(u\)'s with \(f_u \not= 0\) is called the support of \(f.\) Its convex hull in \(\mathbb R^n\) is called the Newton polytope of \(f.\) Any algebraic group action of the additive group of \(k\) on the affine \(m\)-space induces an action on \(B\) by automorphisms. As the main result of the paper it is shown that the Newton polytopes of the invariants of these actions have all their vertices on the coordinate hyperplanes (though generally not all vertices in the same hyperplane). Furthermore, let \(E\) be the set of all edges of these Newton polytopes whose vertices lie in different coordinate hyperplanes. It is shown that one of these polytopes has edges with all directions represented in \(E.\)
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    Newton polytope
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    invariants of additive group action
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    polynomial ring
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    coordinate hyperplanes
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