Multidimensional Ehrhart Reciprocity

In [1], the author generalized Ehrhart's idea ([2]) of counting lattice points in dilated rational polytopes: Given a rational polytope, that is, a polytope with rational vertices, we use its description as the intersection of halfspaces, which determine the facets of the polytope. Instead of just a single dilation factor, we allow different dilation factors for each of these facets. We proved that, if our polytope is a simplex, the lattice point counts in the interior and closure of such a vector-dilated simplex are quasipolynomials satisfying an Ehrhart-type reciprocity law. This generalizes the classical reciprocity law for rational polytopes ([2], [3]). In the present paper we complete the picture by extending this result to general rational polytopes. As a corollary, we also generalize a reciprocity theorem of Stanley ([4]).

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: JCT
• Authors: Matthias Beck
• Keywords: JCT 2002, Lattice Point, Polytopes, Rational Polytopes