Lattice Size of Width One Lattice Polytopes in $\mathbb{R}^3$

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Main Authors: Alajmi, Abdulrahman, Soprunova, Jenya
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author Alajmi, Abdulrahman
Soprunova, Jenya
author_facet Alajmi, Abdulrahman
Soprunova, Jenya
contents The lattice size $\operatorname{ls_Δ}(P)$ of a lattice polytope $P$ is a geometric invariant, which was formally introduced in relation to the problem of bounding the total degree and the bi-degree of the defining equation of an algebraic curve, but appeared implicitly earlier in geometric combinatorics. In this paper, we show that for an empty lattice polytope $P\subset\mathbb{R}^3$ there exists a reduced basis of $\mathbb{Z}^3$ which computes its lattice size $\operatorname{ls_Δ}(P)$. This leads to a fast algorithm for computing $\operatorname{ls_Δ}(P)$ for such $P$. We also extend this result to another class of lattice width one polytopes $P\subset\mathbb{R}^3$. We then provide a counterexample demonstrating that this result does not hold true for an arbitrary lattice polytope $P\subset\mathbb{R}^3$ of lattice width one.
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spellingShingle Lattice Size of Width One Lattice Polytopes in $\mathbb{R}^3$
Alajmi, Abdulrahman
Soprunova, Jenya
Combinatorics
11H06, 52B20, 52C05
The lattice size $\operatorname{ls_Δ}(P)$ of a lattice polytope $P$ is a geometric invariant, which was formally introduced in relation to the problem of bounding the total degree and the bi-degree of the defining equation of an algebraic curve, but appeared implicitly earlier in geometric combinatorics. In this paper, we show that for an empty lattice polytope $P\subset\mathbb{R}^3$ there exists a reduced basis of $\mathbb{Z}^3$ which computes its lattice size $\operatorname{ls_Δ}(P)$. This leads to a fast algorithm for computing $\operatorname{ls_Δ}(P)$ for such $P$. We also extend this result to another class of lattice width one polytopes $P\subset\mathbb{R}^3$. We then provide a counterexample demonstrating that this result does not hold true for an arbitrary lattice polytope $P\subset\mathbb{R}^3$ of lattice width one.
title Lattice Size of Width One Lattice Polytopes in $\mathbb{R}^3$
topic Combinatorics
11H06, 52B20, 52C05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.13124