A degenerate version of Brion's formula
Abstract
Let be a polytope and . We obtain an expression for as a sum of meromorphic functions in parametrized by the faces of on which is constant. Each term only depends on the local geometry of near (and on ) and is holomorphic at . When is only constant on the vertices of our formula reduces to Brion's formula. Suppose is a rational polytope with respect to a lattice . We obtain an expression for as a sum of meromorphic functions parametrized by the faces on which on a finite index sublattice of . Each term only depends on the local geometry of near (and on and ) and is holomorphic at . When at any non-zero lattice point on a line through the origin parallel to an edge of , our formula reduces to Brion's formula, and when , it reduces to the Ehrhart quasi-polynomial. Our formulas are particularly useful for understanding how and vary in a family of polytopes with the same normal fan. When considering dilates of a fixed polytope, our formulas may be viewed as polytopal analogues of Laplace's method and the method of stationary phase. Such expressions naturally show up in analysis on symmetric spaces and affine buildings.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2409.09544,
title = {A degenerate version of Brion's formula},
author = {Carsten Peterson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.09544},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
52 pages; greatly improved exposition and clarified notation; to appear in Advances in Mathematics