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Hermite normal forms and $\delta$-vector

Combinatorics 2011-07-20 v2

Abstract

Let δ(\Pc)=(δ0,δ1,...,δd)\delta(\Pc) = (\delta_0, \delta_1,..., \delta_d) be the δ\delta-vector of an integral polytope \Pc\RRN\Pc \subset \RR^N of dimension dd. Following the previous work of characterizing the δ\delta-vectors with i=0dδi3\sum_{i=0}^d \delta_i \leq 3, the possible δ\delta-vectors with i=0dδi=4\sum_{i=0}^d \delta_i = 4 will be classified. And each possible δ\delta-vectors can be obtained by simplices. We get this result by studying the problem of classifying the possible integral simplices with a given δ\delta-vector (δ0,δ1,...,δd)(\delta_0, \delta_1,..., \delta_d), where i=0dδi4\sum_{i=0}^d \delta_i \leq 4, by means of Hermite normal forms of square matrices.

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@article{arxiv.1009.6023,
  title  = {Hermite normal forms and $\delta$-vector},
  author = {Takayuki Hibi and Akihiro Higashitani and Nan Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.6023},
  year   = {2011}
}
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