Ehrhart-Macdonald reciprocity extended
Combinatorics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
For a convex polytope P with rational vertices, we count the number of integer points in integral dilates of P and its interior. The Ehrhart-Macdonald reciprocity law gives an intimate relation between these two counting functions. A similar counting function and reciprocity law exists for the sum of all solid angles at integer points in dilates of P. We derive a unifying generalization of these reciprocity theorems which follows in a natural way from Brion's Theorem on conic decompositions of polytopes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0504230,
title = {Ehrhart-Macdonald reciprocity extended},
author = {Matthias Beck and Richard Ehrenborg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0504230},
year = {2007}
}
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9 pages, 1 figure