Lattice-point generating functions for free sums of convex sets
Abstract
Let and be convex sets in whose affine spans intersect at a single rational point in , and let . We give formulas for the generating function {equation*} \sigma_{\cone(\J \oplus \K)}(z_1,..., z_n, z_{n+1}) = \sum_{(m_1,..., m_n) \in t(\J \oplus \K) \cap \Z^{n}} z_1^{m_1}... z_n^{m_n} z_{n+1}^{t} {equation*} of lattice points in all integer dilates of in terms of and , under various conditions on and . This work is motivated by (and recovers) a product formula of B.\ Braun for the Ehrhart series of in the case where and are lattice polytopes containing the origin, one of which is reflexive. In particular, we find necessary and sufficient conditions for Braun's formula and its multivariate analogue.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1207.0164,
title = {Lattice-point generating functions for free sums of convex sets},
author = {Matthias Beck and Pallavi Jayawant and Tyrrell B. McAllister},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.0164},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
17 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A