Notes on lattice points of zonotopes and lattice-face polytopes

Minkowski’s second theorem on successive minima gives an upper bound on the volume of a convex body in terms of its successive minima. We study the problem to generalize Minkowski’s bound by replacing the volume by the lattice point enumerator of a convex body. In this context we are interested in bounds on the coefficients of Ehrhart polynomials of lattice polytopes via the successive minima. Our results for lattice zonotopes and lattice-face polytopes imply, in particular, that for 0-symmetric lattice-face polytopes and lattice parallelepipeds the volume can be replaced by the lattice point enumerator.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: DM
• Authors: Christian Bey, Martin Henk, Matthias Henze, Eva Linke
• Keywords: Convex Body, DM 2011, Education, Lattice Point Enumerator, Successive Minima