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Approximation of convex bodies by polytopes corresponding to smooth toric varieties
Let $P\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be an $n$-dimensional polytope with rational vertices. There is a well known construction which produces an $n$-dimensional algebraic variety $X_P$ called toric variety. In ...
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Polytope of a projected toric variety
I was looking for such a result in the book by Cox, Little and Schenck but I'm not able to find a proper reference.
All of the following requirements are tacitly assumed to be in the projective ...
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Are cells of 4-polytopes a convex polyhedron by definition?
I'm going by the Wikipedia definition for a 4-polytope.
Do by definition, cells of 4-polytopes have to be a convex polyhedra?
If not, then are there polyhedra with non-convex faces?
If yes, is it the ...
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Polytope algebra and toric vareties
Let $\Pi$ denote the McMullen polytope algebra (over the field of rationals $\mathbb{Q}$) generated by convex polytopes with rational vertices in $\mathbb{R}^n$.
For a simple polytope $P$ let us ...
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Detecting non-negativity of a single constraint by polyhedral constraints - $II$
Let $$\langle a,x\rangle=b$$ be a linear constraint where $x\in\mathbb R^n$ and every entry in $a=(a_1,\dots,a_n)$ is in $\mathbb Z_{\geq0}^{n}$ (non-negative) and the entry $b$ is in $\mathbb Z_{\...
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Cohomology ring of a hypersurface in toric variety
Let $X^n$ be a smooth projective toric variety corresponding to a simple polytope $P$. It is well known that the cohomology ring $H^*(X)$ can be described in terms of combinatorics of faces of $P$.
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Curve with no embedding in a toric surface
I am looking for a smooth proper curve $C$ such that there does not exist any closed embedding $C \to S$ where $S$ is a (normal projective) toric surface.
Since $C$ is smooth I believe it suffices to ...
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Separating a lattice simplex from a lattice polytope
Let $P\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be a convex lattice polytope.
Do there always exist a lattice simplex $\Delta\subset P$ and an affine hyperplane $H\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ separating $\Delta$ from the convex ...
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Anything similar to cone product formula (for convex polytopes)?
The convex polytope flag vector ring $\mathcal{R}$ satisfies the cone product formula
$$
C(U) C(V) = C(J(U, V)) + DUV
$$
where
$$
J(U, V) = U C(V) + C(U) V - e_1 UV
$$
is the join formula.
Note: ...
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Proofs of Euler's characteristic formula for n-Dim polytopes
Twenty proofs of Euler's formula V - E + F - 1 = 1, which applies to convex polyhedrons, i.e., 3-dimensional polytopes, are presented at the Geometry Junkyard.
I'm interested in proofs of the more ...
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Polynomial size embeddings of toric varieties from polytopes?
Background: Let $P$ be a integral polytope, and $X_P$ the toric variety associated to the normal fan.
$X_P$ is always projective, because the collection of characters corresponding to the points $\...
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Counting Zeros Under Unitary Action
Assume we have two polynomials $f_1$ and $f_2$ with Newton polytopes $A_1 , A_2 \in \mathbb{Z}^2$. Also suppose that coefficients of $f_1$ and $f_2$ are generic. Then we pick a unitary matrix $Q$ and ...
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When is the set of faces of a convex polytope algebraically independent?
This is related to another question of mine
Let $V=\Bbb R^n$. Morelli defined the (commutative unital) ring $L(V)$ to be the additive group generated by the indicator functions of convex polytopes in ...
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The ring generated by a convex polytope and its faces
Let $V=\Bbb R^n$. Morelli defined the (commutative unital) ring $L(V)$ to be the additive group generated by the indicator functions of convex polytopes in $V$ with multiplication induced by Minkowski ...
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The set of polytopes with given $f$-vector
Let $f=(f_0,\ldots f_n)$ be a vector in $\Bbb N^{n+1}$. Let $X$ be the set of all (ordered) $f_0$-tuples in $\Bbb R^n$ whose convex hull has $f$ as its $f$-vector. Assume that $X$ is non-empty. Is ...
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Generalizations of 'Injectivity on one line'
The main result of J. Gwozdziewicz in this paper says the following:
"Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, and let $f:k[x,y] \to k[x,y]$, $(x,y) \mapsto (p,q)$, be a $k$-...
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Radial similarity of Newton polytopes
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero, and assume that $p,q \in k[x,y]$ is a Jacobian pair, namely, $p_xq_y-p_yq_x \in k^*$
(= the determinant of the Jacobi matrix $\in k^*$).
It is known that ...
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Factorization of tropical polynomials
I am referring to the definition of a tropical polynomial given on page 8 (top of section 3) here in this review, https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0306366.pdf. I understand that here a tropical polynomial ...
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2-faces of reflexive Delzant polytopes
Question 1. Can a reflexive Delzant polytope of some dimension contain a $2$-face with more than $11$ edges?
Motivation. I would like more generally to get an answer to the following question:
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Unusual symmetries of the Cayley-Menger determinant for the volume of tetrahedra
Suppose you have a tetrahedron $T$ in Euclidean space with edge lengths $\ell_{01}$, $\ell_{02}$, $\ell_{03}$, $\ell_{12}$, $\ell_{13}$, and $\ell_{23}$. Now consider the tetrahedron $T'$ with edge ...
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Taking powers of polytopes
I am not sure this is a well framed question but I would like to know if anything like "taking the power" of a polytope is known.
Imagine this situation where I want to think of such a thing : say ...
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What is the significance of the $-1$-simplex?
The number of $k$-simplex elements in an $n$-simplex is counted by the binomial coefficient $\binom{n+1}{k+1}$. For example, the $3$-simplex is the tetrahedron, which has the following elements: $4$ ...
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Average nastiness of a Newton polytope
Given a Newton polytope $P$ inside the $d$-scaled simplex ( i.e $\alpha \in P \implies | \alpha |=d $ ), then we define the following quantity:
$$ P(x)= \left( \sum_{\alpha \in P} \binom{d}{\alpha}...
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Zeros of Hilbert series of affine toric varieties
Consider a convex rational polyhedral cone $C\subset\mathbb R^m$ with vertex at the origin. Let $X$ be the corresponding affine toric variety, i.e. $\mathbb C[X]=\mathbb C[\mathbb Z^m\cap C^\circ]$. ...
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Under which conditions is the union of conic hulls of sets in a cartesian product equal to $\mathbb{R}^N$?
Question: Under which conditions on $A, B\in\mathbb{R}^{N\times N}$ is the function $f: \mathbb{R}^N\mapsto \mathbb{R}^N$,
$$f(v) = A[v]_+ + B[-v]_+$$
surjective? Here $[.]_+$ is an elementwise ...
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polynomial expression for counting number of integral points of a set
Let $v_i=a_ie_i\in\mathbb R^d$ and $w_i=b_ie_i\in\mathbb R^d$ for $i=1,\dots,d$ where $e_i$'s are unit vetcors and $a_i,b_i$ are positive integers. Let $$S=conv\{0,rv_i+sw_i:i=1,\dots,d\}.$$
Can we ...
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About properties of polynomials with common interlacing
Say $\{a_1,a_2,..,a_n\}$ and $\{b_1,b_2,...,b_n\}$ be the real roots of two monic polynomials of degree $n$ which have a common interlacing. (say I have arranged the roots in increasing order)
Can ...
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Intersection numbers on blow ups of toric varieties
Suppose we have a smooth, complete toric varietiy $X_{\Sigma}$ of dimension $n$. Let $\sigma_k \in \Sigma(k)$ a smooth $k$-dimensional cone in $\Sigma$ and suppose we make the toric blow up at the ...
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Guises of the Stasheff polytopes, associahedra for the Coxeter $A_n$ root system?
Richard Stanley keeps a famous running compilation of different guises of the celebrated Catalan numbers. The number of vertices of the associahedron is one instantiation among the multitude, and the ...
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An integrality question about expressing an integer as a product of numbers below $n$
Let $n\ge 2$ be a natural number. Suppose that $N$ is a natural number, composed only of primes below $n$, and that can be expressed as
$$
N= \prod_{j=1}^{n} j^{x_j}
$$
where $x_1$, $\ldots$, $x_n$...
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When is a matrix similar to a non-negative matrix?
Consider a real square matrix $A$ of size $n\times n$. Under which conditions on $A$ does there exist a row-stochastic matrix $U$ (non-negative, rowsums = 1), such that $A'=U^{-1}AU$ is a non-negative ...
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Versions of Helly's Theorem for Unbounded Parallelpipeds
I'm studying Frobenius splitting of toric varieties based on Sam Payne's characterization of Frobenius splitting ("Frobenius splittings of toric varieties" (2008)) and I came across a sort of Helly's ...
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From convex polytopes to toric varieties: the constructions of Davis and Januszkiewicz
One of the most useful tools in the study of convex polytopes is to move from polytopes (through their fans) to toric varieties and see how properties of the associated toric variety reflects back on ...
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Detecting tilings by toric geometry
This is probably a silly question, but I figured that if there is a good answer, this would be a good place to ask.
Ever since I got my hands on the book "Toric Varieties" by Cox, Little and Schenck, ...
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Bound on the (anticanonical) degree of toric Fano varieties
Does there exists a universal constant $C \geq 1$ such that if $X$ is any a smooth, toric, Fano $n$-dimensional manifold admitting a Kähler-Einstein metric, then its anticanonical degree $(-K_X)^n$ ...
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Finding the vertices of a polyhedral complex coming from a GIT wall and chamber decomposition
I am interested in a polyhedral/combinatorics problem that arises in algebraic geometry in the context of geometric invariant theory (GIT).
Algebro-geometric background: Consider the natural ...
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About a Delzant polytope. (In particular dodecahedron)
Hi. I have a question.
Definition. Delzant polytope $P$ is a rational convex simple polytope with the smooth condition. Here, "smooth" means that for each vertex $v$, the $n$ edges containing $v$ ...
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What's the best way to test if a sphere is a polytope? (algorithms for the Simplicial Steinitz Problem)
The problem of recognizing whether a simplicial face lattice is polytopal is sometimes called the Steinitz problem.
Sturmfels and Bokowski advanced a set of methods in the late 80s to test whether ...
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When are Ehrhart functions of compact convex sets polynomials?
Given a lattice $L$ and a subset $P\subset \mathbb R^d$, we define for each positive integer $t$ $$f_P(L,t)=|(tP\cap L)|$$ the number of lattice points in $tP$. Let's say $P$ is nice if $f_P(L,t)$ is ...
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