Quantum jumps of normal polytopes

DOI10.1007/S00454-016-9773-7MaRDI QIDQ306512zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Winfried Bruns, Joseph Gubeladze, Mateusz Michalek

Publication date 31 August 2016

Published in Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.01036

zbMATH Keywords

lattice polytopemaximal polytopenormal polytopequantum jump

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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) Lattices and convex bodies (number-theoretic aspects) (11H06)

Abstract: We introduce a partial order on the set of all normal polytopes in R^d. This poset NPol(d) is a natural discrete counterpart of the continuum of convex compact sets in R^d, ordered by inclusion, and exhibits a remarkably rich combinatorial structure. We derive various arithmetic bounds on elementary relations in NPol(d), called "quantum jumps". The existence of extremal objects in NPol(d) is a challenge of number theoretical flavor, leading to interesting classes of normal polytopes: minimal, maximal, spherical. Minimal elements in NPol(5) have played a critical role in disproving various covering conjectures for normal polytopes in the 1990s. Here we report on the first examples of maximal elements in NPol(4) and NPol(5), found by a combination of the developed theory, random generation, and extensive computer search.

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