Magic Positivity for the Ehrhart Polynomials of Partial Permutohedra
Combinatorics
2026-07-04 v1
Abstract
For positive integers , the partial permutohedron is a lattice polytope constructed as the convex hull of vectors in that have distinct non-zero entries. We prove that for , the Ehrhart polynomial of is magic positive except for the single case . In particular, the Ehrhart polynomial of the parking function polytope (integrally equivalent to ) is magic positive for . For , we discuss the magic positivity of the Ehrhart polynomial of for . There exist infinitely many counterexamples with showing that the Ehrhart polynomial of is not magic positive. This partially resolves an open problem proposed by Ferroni and Higashitani.
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@article{arxiv.2607.03854,
title = {Magic Positivity for the Ehrhart Polynomials of Partial Permutohedra},
author = {Feihu Liu and Zihao Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.03854},
year = {2026}
}
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20 pages