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# Tensor valuations on lattice polytopes

## Connections for Women: geometry and probability in high dimensions August 17, 2017 - August 18, 2017

August 17, 2017 (09:30 AM PDT - 10:30 AM PDT)
Speaker(s): Monika Ludwig (Technische Universität Wien)
Location: MSRI: Simons Auditorium
Tags/Keywords
• Valuation

• lattice polytope

• Ehrhart polynomial

• tensor

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#### 1-Ludwig

Abstract

Lattice polytopes are convex hulls of finitely many points with integer coordinates in ${\mathbb R}^n$. A function $Z$ from a family ${\cal F}$ of subsets of ${\mathbb R}^n$ with values in an abelian group is a valuation if $$Z(P)+Z(Q)=Z(P\cup Q)+Z(P\cap Q)$$ whenever $P,Q,P\cup Q,P\cap Q\in{\cal F}$ and $Z(\emptyset)=0$. The classification of real-valued invariant valuations on lattice polytopes by Betke \& Kneser is classical (and will be recalled). It establishes a characterization of the coefficients of the Ehrhart polynomial. Building on this, classification results are established for vector, matrix, and general tensor valuations on lattice polytopes. The most important tensor valuations are the discrete moment tensors of rank $r$, $$L^r(P)=\frac1{r!}\sum_{x\in P\cap{\mathbb Z}^n}x^r,$$ where $x^r$ denotes the $r$-fold symmetric tensor product of the integer point $x\in{\mathbb Z}^n$, and its coefficients in the Ehrhart tensor polynomial, called Ehrhart tensors. However, it is shown that there are additional examples for tensors of rank nine with the same covariance properties. For tensors of rank up to eight, a complete classification is established

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