Detecting the integer decomposition property and Ehrhart unimodality in reflexive simplices

DOI10.1016/J.AAM.2018.06.003MaRDI QIDQ1661485zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Robert Davis, Liam Solus, Benjamin Braun

Publication date 16 August 2018

Published in Advances in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.01614

zbMATH Keywords

integer decomposition propertyGorenstein lattice polytopereflexive lattice simplices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Lattice polytopes in convex geometry (including relations with commutative algebra and algebraic geometry) (52B20) Combinatorial aspects of commutative algebra (05E40) Combinatorial inequalities (05A20)

Abstract: A long-standing open conjecture in combinatorics asserts that a Gorenstein lattice polytope with the integer decomposition property (IDP) has a unimodal (Ehrhart) $h^{a}st$-polynomial. This conjecture can be viewed as a strengthening of a previously disproved conjecture which stated that any Gorenstein lattice polytope has a unimodal $h^{a}st$-polynomial. The first counterexamples to unimodality for Gorenstein lattice polytopes were given in even dimensions greater than five by Musta{c{t}}{v{a}} and Payne, and this was extended to all dimensions greater than five by Payne. While there exist numerous examples in support of the conjecture that IDP reflexives are $h^{a}st$-unimodal, its validity has not yet been considered for families of reflexive lattice simplices that closely generalize Payne's counterexamples. The main purpose of this work is to prove that the former conjecture does indeed hold for a natural generalization of Payne's examples. The second purpose of this work is to extend this investigation to a broader class of lattice simplices, for which we present new results and open problems.

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