h-vectors of Gorenstein polytopes

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.Comment: 12 pages; besides minor modifications the main result needs the additional assumption that the polytope P has a regular unimodular triangulation. The extra hypothesis has been included as well as the crucial construction where it is use

Normaliz: Algorithms for Affine Monoids and Rational Cones

Normaliz is a program for solving linear systems of inequalities. In this paper we present the algorithms implemented in the program, starting with version 2.0

Partitions of single exterior type

We characterize the irreducible representations of the general linear group GL(V) that have multiplicity 1 in the direct sum of all Schur modules of a given exterior power of V. These have come up in connection with the relations of the lower order minors of a generic matrix. We show that the minimal relations conjectured by Bruns, Conca and Varbaro are exactly those coming from partitions of single exterior type