The Minimum Period of the Ehrhart Quasi-polynomial of a Rational Polytope

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2003-10-16

arxiv.org/abs/math/0310255v1

Mathematics

Combinatorics

9 pages, 2 figures

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If $P\subset \R^d$ is a rational polytope, then $i_P(n):=#(nP\cap \Z^d)$ is a quasi-polynomial in $n$, called the Ehrhart quasi-polynomial of $P$. The period of $i_P(n)$ must divide $\LL(P)= \min \{n \in \Z_{> 0} \colon nP \text{is an integral polytope}\}$. Few examples are known where the period is not exactly $\LL(P)$. We show that for any $\LL$, there is a 2-dimensional triangle $P$ such that $\LL(P)=\LL$ but such that the period of $i_P(n)$ is 1, that is, $i_P(n)$ is a polynomial in $n$. We also characterize all polygons $P$ such that $i_P(n)$ is a polynomial. In addition, we provide a counterexample to a conjecture by T. Zaslavsky about the periods of the coefficients of the Ehrhart quasi-polynomial.

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