Local h-polynomials, invariants of subdivisions, and mixed Ehrhart theory

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2015.09.010MaRDI QIDQ890128zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Eric Katz, Alan Stapledon

Publication date 9 November 2015

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.7736

zbMATH Keywords

polytopesEhrhart theoryEulerian posets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial properties of polytopes and polyhedra (number of faces, shortest paths, etc.) (52B05) Algebraic combinatorics (05E99) Combinatorics of partially ordered sets (06A07) Tilings in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C22)

Abstract: There are natural polynomial invariants of polytopes and lattice polytopes coming from enumerative combinatorics and Ehrhart theory, namely the $h$- and $h^{\ast }$-polynomials, respectively. In this paper, we study their generalization to subdivisions and lattice subdivisions of polytopes. By abstracting constructions in mixed Hodge theory, we introduce multivariable polynomials which specialize to the $h$-, $h^{\ast }$- polynomials. These polynomials, the mixed $h$-polynomial and the (refined) limit mixed $h^{\ast }$-polynomial have rich symmetry, non-negativity, and unimodality properties, which both refine known properties of the classical polynomials, and reveal new structure. For example, we prove a lower bound theorem for a related invariant called the local $h^{\ast }$-polynomial. We introduce our polynomials by developing a very general formalism for studying subdivisions of Eulerian posets that extends the work of Stanley, Brenti and Athanasiadis on local $h$-vectors. In particular, we prove a conjecture of Nill and Schepers, and answer a question of Athanasiadis.

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