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If $P$ is a lattice polytope (i.e., $P$ is the convex hull of finitely many integer points in $\mathbb{R}^d$) of dimension $d$, Ehrhart's famous theorem (1962) asserts that the integer-point counting function $|nP \cap \mathbb{Z}^d|$ is a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-24 Esme Bajo , Matthias Beck

We show that the number of lattice points in the boundary of a positive integer dilate of a Delzant integral polytope is a polynomial in the dilation parameter, analogous to the Ehrhart polynomial giving the number of lattice points in a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Jonathan Weitsman

The Ehrhart polynomial of a lattice polygon P is completely determined by the pair (b(P),i(P)) where b(P) equals the number of lattice points on the boundary and i(P) equals the number of interior lattice points. All possible pairs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-11 Johannes Hofscheier , Benjamin Nill , Dennis Öberg

Preorder polytopes, defined from preorders on finite sets, are introduced and studied from a lattice point enumeration point of view. They naturally generalize arbor polytopes, recently introduced and studied by the second named author.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Frédéric Chapoton , Christos A. Athanasiadis

A lattice polytope is "free" (or "empty") if its vertices are the only lattice points it contains. In the context of valuation theory, Klain (1999) proposed to study the functions $\alpha_i(P;n)$ that count the number of free polytopes in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-02-23 Sebastian Manecke , Raman Sanyal

The Ehrhart polynomial of a convex lattice polytope counts integer points in integral dilates of the polytope. We present new linear inequalities satisfied by the coefficients of Ehrhart polynomials and relate them to known inequalities. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 M. Beck , J. A. De Loera , M. Develin , J. Pfeifle , R. P. Stanley

We introduce a powerful connection between Ehrhart theory and additive number theory, and use it to produce infinitely many new classes of inequalities between the coefficients of the $h^*$-polynomial of a lattice polytope. This greatly…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-05 Alan Stapledon

In a previous paper (El. J. Combin. 6 (1999), R37), the author generalized Ehrhart's idea of counting lattice points in dilated rational polytopes: Given a rational polytope, that is, a polytope with rational vertices, we use its…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Matthias Beck

Pick's theorem is used to prove that if $P$ is a lattice polygon (that is, the convex hull of a finite set of lattice points in the plane), then every lattice point in the $h$-fold sumset $hP$ is the sum of $h$ lattice points in $P$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-17 Karl Levy , Melvyn B. Nathanson

We classify the three-dimensional lattice polytopes with two interior lattice points. Up to unimodular equivalence there are 22,673,449 such polytopes. This classification allows us to verify, for this case only, a conjectural upper bound…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-12-30 Gabriele Balletti , Alexander M. Kasprzyk

Given a unimodular lattice $\Lambda\subseteq \mathbb{R}^2$ consider the counting function $\mathcal{N}_\Lambda(T)$ counting the number of lattice points of norm less than $T$, and the remainder $\mathcal{R}_\Lambda(T)=\mathcal{N}(T)-\pi…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-08-04 Dubi Kelmer

We study the Ehrhart theory of quadratic irrational polytopes that undergo vector dilations. That is, for a given polytope with vertices in $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{D})$, and a different dilation factor for each facet, we show that the leading…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-03 Yashaswika Gaur , Tian An Wong

The Ehrhart quasipolynomial of a rational polytope $P$ encodes the number of integer lattice points in dilates of $P$, and the $h^*$-polynomial of $P$ is the numerator of the accompanying generating function. We provide two decomposition…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-24 Matthias Beck , Benjamin Braun , Andrés R. Vindas-Meléndez

We give mean square bounds for the remainder in the lattice point counting problem, counting the number of lattice points in a large ball in $\mathbb{R}^d$, when averaged over families of shears of the lattice.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-12-21 Dubi Kelmer

The h^*-polynomial of a lattice polytope is the numerator of the generating function of the Ehrhart polynomial. Let P be a lattice polytope with h^*-polynomial of degree d and with linear coefficient h^*_1. We show that P has to be a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-09-29 Benjamin Nill

We use the residue theorem to derive an expression for the number of lattice oints in a dilated n-dimensional tetrahedron with vertices at lattice points on each coordinate axis and the origin. This expression is known as the Ehrhart…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Matthias Beck

A positroid is a matroid realized by a matrix such that all maximal minors are non-negative. Positroid polytopes are matroid polytopes of positroids. In particular, they are lattice polytopes. The Ehrhart polynomial of a lattice polytope…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-20 Yuhan Jiang

The $n$-dimensional lattice polytopes $\mathcal{Q}_{n,k}$ obtained by intersecting the $n$th dilate of the standard $n$-dimensional simplex in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with the half-spaces $x_i \le 1$ for $1 \le i \le k$ form an interesting special…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Christos A. Athanasiadis , Qiqi Xiao , Xue Yan

A lattice polytope is called spanning if its lattice points affinely span the ambient lattice. We show as a corollary to a general result in the Ehrhart theory of lattice polytopes that the $h^*$-vector of a spanning lattice polytope has no…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-25 Johannes Hofscheier , Lukas Katthän , Benjamin Nill

Lattice polytope representation of natural numbers is introduced based on the fundamental theorem of arithmetic. The combinatorial and geometric properties of the polytopes are studied using Polymake and Qhull software. The volume of the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2020-03-23 Ya-Ping Lu , Shu-Fang Deng