Computing parametric weighted Ehrhart polynomials of smooth polytopes
Combinatorics
2025-11-14 v1
Abstract
We show that when integral polytopes are deformed while keeping the same facet normal vectors, the coefficients of weighted Ehrhart and -polynomials are piecewise polynomial functions in the ``right hand sides'' of the linear inequalities defining the polytopes. We give an algorithm and an implementation in SageMath for computing these polynomials for smooth polytopes, such as type alcoved polytopes, using a weighted Euler-Maclaurin type formula by Khovanski\v{i} and Pukhlikov. We discuss some natural questions concerning signs of the coefficients of the weighted -polynomials.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2511.09744,
title = {Computing parametric weighted Ehrhart polynomials of smooth polytopes},
author = {Daniel Hwang and Juliet Whidden and Josephine Yu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.09744},
year = {2025}
}
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9 pages, 3 figures