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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 hh^*-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 AA 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 hh^*-polynomials.

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@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

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