Federico Ardila ; Carolina Benedetti ; Jeffrey Doker - Matroid Polytopes and Their Volumes

dmtcs:2734 - Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, January 1, 2009, DMTCS Proceedings vol. AK, 21st International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2009) - https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.2734
Matroid Polytopes and Their VolumesConference paper

Authors: Federico Ardila 1; Carolina Benedetti 2; Jeffrey Doker 3

[en]
We express the matroid polytope $P_M$ of a matroid $M$ as a signed Minkowski sum of simplices, and obtain a formula for the volume of $P_M$. This gives a combinatorial expression for the degree of an arbitrary torus orbit closure in the Grassmannian $Gr_{k,n}$. We then derive analogous results for the independent set polytope and the associated flag matroid polytope of $M$. Our proofs are based on a natural extension of Postnikov's theory of generalized permutohedra.

[fr]
On exprime le polytope matroïde $P_M$ d'un matroïde $M$ comme somme signée de Minkowski de simplices, et on obtient une formule pour le volume de $P_M$. Ceci donne une expression combinatoire pour le degré d'une clôture d'orbite de tore dans la Grassmannienne $Gr_{k,n}$. Ensuite, on déduit des résultats analogues pour le polytope ensemble indépendant et pour le polytope matroïde drapeau associé à $M$. Nos preuves sont fondées sur une extension naturelle de la théorie de Postnikov de permutoèdres généralisés.


Volume: DMTCS Proceedings vol. AK, 21st International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2009)
Section: Proceedings
Published on: January 1, 2009
Imported on: January 31, 2017
Keywords: [MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO], [INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM], [en] Matroid, generalized permutohedron, matroid polytope, Minkowski sum, mixed volume, flag matroid
Funding:
    Source : OpenAIRE Graph
  • Combinatorics in Geometry; Funder: National Science Foundation; Code: 0801075

Consultation statistics

This page has been seen 637 times.
This article's PDF has been downloaded 523 times.