Luca Moci - Zonotopes, toric arrangements, and generalized Tutte polynomials

dmtcs:2878 - Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, January 1, 2010, DMTCS Proceedings vol. AN, 22nd International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2010) - https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.2878
Zonotopes, toric arrangements, and generalized Tutte polynomialsConference paper

Authors: Luca Moci ORCID1

  • 1 Dipartimento di Matematica [Roma TRE]

[en]
We introduce a multiplicity Tutte polynomial $M(x,y)$, which generalizes the ordinary one and has applications to zonotopes and toric arrangements. We prove that $M(x,y)$ satisfies a deletion-restriction recurrence and has positive coefficients. The characteristic polynomial and the Poincaré polynomial of a toric arrangement are shown to be specializations of the associated polynomial $M(x,y)$, likewise the corresponding polynomials for a hyperplane arrangement are specializations of the ordinary Tutte polynomial. Furthermore, $M(1,y)$ is the Hilbert series of the related discrete Dahmen-Micchelli space, while $M(x,1)$ computes the volume and the number of integral points of the associated zonotope.

[fr]
On introduit un polynôme de Tutte avec multiplicité $M(x, y)$, qui généralise le polynôme de Tutte ordinaire et a des applications aux zonotopes et aux arrangements toriques. Nous prouvons que $M(x, y)$ satisfait une récurrence de "deletion-restriction'' et a des coefficients positifs. Le polynôme caractéristique et le polynôme de Poincaré d'un arrangement torique sont des spécialisations du polynôme associé $M(x, y)$, de même que les polynômes correspondants pour un arrangement d'hyperplans sont des spécialisations du polynôme de Tutte ordinaire. En outre, $M(1, y)$ est la série de Hilbert de l'espace discret de Dahmen-Micchelli associé, et $M(x, 1)$ calcule le volume et le nombre de points entiers du zonotope associé.


Volume: DMTCS Proceedings vol. AN, 22nd International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2010)
Section: Proceedings
Published on: January 1, 2010
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] Tutte polynomial, zonotope, integral points, toric arrangement, characteristic polynomial, Dahmen-Micchelli, partition function

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