Inequalities for f^*-vectors of Lattice Polytopes

DOI10.1515/ADVGEOM-2024-0002arXiv2210.12271MaRDI QIDQ6414731FDOQ6414731

Authors: Matthias Beck, Danai Deligeorgaki, Max Hlavacek, Jerónimo Valencia-Porras 

Publication date: 21 October 2022

Abstract: The Ehrhart polynomial $ext{ehr}_P(n)$ of a lattice polytope $P$ counts the number of integer points in the $n$-th integral dilate of $P$. The $f^{*}$-vector of $P$, introduced by Felix Breuer in 2012, is the vector of coefficients of $ext{ehr}_P(n)$ with respect to the binomial coefficient basis $$, where $d=dimP$. Similarly to $h/h^{\ast }$-vectors, the $f^{*}$-vector of $P$ coincides with the $f$-vector of its unimodular triangulations (if they exist). We present several inequalities that hold among the coefficients of $f^{*}$-vectors of polytopes. These inequalities resemble striking similarities with existing inequalities for the coefficients of $f$-vectors of simplicial polytopes; e.g., the first half of the $f^{*}$-coefficients increases and the last quarter decreases. Even though $f^{*}$-vectors of polytopes are not always unimodal, there are several families of polytopes that carry the unimodality property. We also show that for any polytope with a given Ehrhart $h^{*}$-vector, there is a polytope with the same $h^{*}$-vector whose $f^{*}$-vector is unimodal.

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) 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)

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