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Volume and lattice points of reflexive simplices

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v3 Combinatorics Number Theory

Abstract

We prove sharp upper bounds on the volume and the number of lattice points on edges of higher-dimensional reflexive simplices. These convex-geometric results are derived from new number-theoretic bounds on the denominators of unit fractions summing up to one. The main algebro-geometric application is a sharp upper bound on the anticanonical degree of higher-dimensional Q-factorial Gorenstein toric Fano varieties with Picard number one, where we completely characterize the case of equality.

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@article{arxiv.math/0412480,
  title  = {Volume and lattice points of reflexive simplices},
  author = {Benjamin Nill},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0412480},
  year   = {2007}
}

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AMS-LaTeX, 19 pages; paper reorganized, introduction added, bibliography updated; typos corrected

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