h-vectors of Gorenstein polytopes

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DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2006.03.003zbMATH Open1108.52013arXivmath/0508392OpenAlexW2155718882MaRDI QIDQ857415FDOQ857415


Authors: Winfried Bruns, Tim Römer Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 14 December 2006

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the Ehrhart h-vector of an integer Gorenstein polytope with a regular unimodular triangulation satisfies McMullen's g-theorem; in particular, it is unimodal. This result generalizes a recent theorem of Athanasiadis (conjectured by Stanley) for compressed polytopes. It is derived from a more general theorem on Gorenstein affine normal monoids M: one can factor K[M] (K a field) by a "long" regular sequence in such a way that the quotient is still a normal affine monoid algebra. This technique reduces all questions about the Ehrhart h-vector of P to the Ehrhart h-vector of a Gorenstein polytope Q with exactly one interior lattice point, provided each lattice point in a multiple cP, c in N, can be written as the sum of n lattice points in P. (Up to a translation, the polytope Q belongs to the class of reflexive polytopes considered in connection with mirror symmetry.) If P has a regular unimodular triangulation, then it follows readily that the Ehrhart h-vector of P coincides with the combinatorial h-vector of the boundary complex of a simplicial polytope, and the g-theorem applies.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0508392




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