14 research outputs found

    Arithmetic of marked order polytopes, monotone triangle reciprocity, and partial colorings

    Full text link
    For a poset P, a subposet A, and an order preserving map F from A into the real numbers, the marked order polytope parametrizes the order preserving extensions of F to P. We show that the function counting integral-valued extensions is a piecewise polynomial in F and we prove a reciprocity statement in terms of order-reversing maps. We apply our results to give a geometric proof of a combinatorial reciprocity for monotone triangles due to Fischer and Riegler (2011) and we consider the enumerative problem of counting extensions of partial graph colorings of Herzberg and Murty (2007).Comment: 17 pages, 10 figures; V2: minor changes (including title); V3: examples included (suggested by referee), to appear in "SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics

    Lattice zonotopes of degree 2

    Get PDF
    The Ehrhart polynomial ehrP(n)ehr_P (n) of a lattice polytope PP gives the number of integer lattice points in the nn-th dilate of PP for all integers n≄0n\geq 0. The degree of PP is defined as the degree of its h∗h^\ast-polynomial, a particular transformation of the Ehrhart polynomial with many useful properties which serves as an important tool for classification questions in Ehrhart theory. A zonotope is the Minkowski (pointwise) sum of line segments. We classify all Ehrhart polynomials of lattice zonotopes of degree 22 thereby complementing results of Scott (1976), Treutlein (2010), and Henk-Tagami (2009). Our proof is constructive: by considering solid-angles and the lattice width, we provide a characterization of all 33-dimensional zonotopes of degree 22.Comment: 12 pages, 1 figure; v2: minor revision

    Smooth Centrally Symmetric Polytopes in Dimension 3 are IDP

    Get PDF
    In 1997 Oda conjectured that every smooth lattice polytope has the integer decomposition property. We prove Oda’s conjecture for centrally symmetric 3-dimensional polytopes, by showing they are covered by lattice parallelepipeds and unimodular simplices

    Über die Kombinatorik von Bewertungen

    No full text
    This thesis deals with structural results for translation invariant valuations on polytopes and certain related enumeration problems together with geometric approaches to them. The starting point of the first part are two theorems by Richard Stanley. The first one is his famous Nonnegativity Theorem stating that the Ehrhart h*-vector of every lattice polytope has nonnegative integer entries. He further proved that the entries satisfy a monotonicity property. In Chapter 2 we consider the h*-vector for arbitrary translation invariant valuations. Our main theorem states that monotonicity and nonnegativity of the h*-vector are, in fact, equivalent properties and we give a simple characterization. In Chapter 3 we consider the h*-vector of zonotopes and show that the entries of their h*-vector form a unimodal sequence for all translation invariant valuations that satisfy the nonnegativity condition. The second part deals with certain enumeration problems for order preserving maps. Given a finite poset P, a suitable subposet A of P, and an order preserving map f from A to the integers we consider the problem of enumerating order preserving extensions of f to P. In Chapter 4 we show that their number is given by a piecewise multivariate polynomial. We apply our results to counting extensions of graph colorings and generalize a theorem by Herzberg and Murty. We further apply our results to counting monotone triangles, which are closely related to alternating sign matrices, and give a short geometric proof of a reciprocity theorem by Fischer and Riegler. In Chapter 5 we consider counting order preserving maps from P to the n-chain up to symmetry. We show that their number is given by a polynomial in n, thus, giving an order theoretic generalization of PĂłlya’s enumeration theorem. We further prove a reciprocity theorem and apply our results to counting graph colorings up to symmetry.Die vorliegende Arbeit beschĂ€ftigt sich mit der Struktur translationsinvarianter Bewertungen auf Polytopen und damit im Zusammenhang stehenden AbzĂ€hlproblemen mit geometrischen LösungsansĂ€tzen. Den Ausgangspunkt des ersten Kapitels bilden zwei Resultate von Richard Stanley: Zum einen sein bahnbrechendes Nonnegativity Theorem, welches aussagt, dass der Ehrhart h*-Vektor jedes Gitterpolytops nur nichtnegative ganze Zahlen enthĂ€lt. Zum anderen zeigte er, dass dieser Vektor eine Monotonieeigenschaft besitzt. In Kapitel 2 untersuchen wir allgemein translationsinvariante Bewertungen auf diese Eigenschaften hin. Unser Hauptresultat ist, dass NichtnegativitĂ€t und Monotonie Ă€quivalent sind, und wir geben eine einfache Charakterisierung an. In Kapitel 3 zeigen wir, dass der h*-Vektor eines Zonotops unimodal ist, falls die entsprechende translations-invariante Bewertung die Monotoniebedingung erfĂŒllt. Der zweite Teil der Arbeit behandelt AbzĂ€hlprobleme fĂŒr ordnungserhaltenden Abbildungen. FĂŒr gegebene partielle Ordnungen A und P derart, dass A in P enthalten ist, und eine ordnungserhaltende Abbildung f von A nach [n] zeigen wir in Kapitel 4, dass die Anzahl der Fortsetzungen von f nach P durch ein stĂŒckweise multivariates Polynom gegeben ist. Angewandt auf das ZĂ€hlen von Fortsetzungen von GraphenfĂ€rbungen verallgemeinert dies einen Satz von Herzberg und Murty. Zudem enumerieren wir Monotone Triangles, welche in engem Zusammenhang mit Alternating Sign Matrices stehen, und können einen kurzen geometrischen Beweis einer ReziprozitĂ€t von Fischer und Riegler angeben. In Kapitel 5 zĂ€hlen wir ordnungserhaltende Abbildungen von P nach [n] bis auf Symmetry. Wir zeigen, dass die ZĂ€hlfunktion ein Polynom in n ist und beweisen eine ordnungstheoretische Verallgemeinerung von PĂłlya’s Enumeration Theorem. Zudem zeigen wir eine ReziprozitĂ€t und wenden unsere Resultate darauf an GraphenfĂ€rbungen bis auf Symmetrie zu zĂ€hlen
    corecore