A combinatorial simplicial cone decomposition

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Auteurs principaux: Xin, Guoce, Xu, Xinyu, Zhang, Zihao
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author Xin, Guoce
Xu, Xinyu
Zhang, Zihao
author_facet Xin, Guoce
Xu, Xinyu
Zhang, Zihao
contents This paper introduces an algebraic combinatorial approach to simplicial cone decompositions, a key step in solving inhomogeneous linear Diophantine systems and counting lattice points in polytopes. We use constant term manipulation on the system \( Aα= \mathbf{b} \), where \( A \) is an \( r \times n \) integral matrix and \( \mathbf{b} \) is an integral vector. We establish a relationship between special constant terms and shifted simplicial cones. This leads to the \texttt{SimpCone[S]} algorithm, which efficiently decomposes polyhedra into simplicial cones. Unlike traditional geometric triangulation methods, this algorithm is versatile for many choices of the strategy \( \texttt{S} \) and can also be applied to parametric polyhedra. The algorithm is useful for efficient volume computation of polytopes and can be applied to address various new research projects. Additionally, we apply our framework to unimodular cone decompositions. This extends the effectiveness of the newly developed \texttt{DecDenu} algorithm from denumerant cones to general simplicial cones.
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spellingShingle A combinatorial simplicial cone decomposition
Xin, Guoce
Xu, Xinyu
Zhang, Zihao
Combinatorics
This paper introduces an algebraic combinatorial approach to simplicial cone decompositions, a key step in solving inhomogeneous linear Diophantine systems and counting lattice points in polytopes. We use constant term manipulation on the system \( Aα= \mathbf{b} \), where \( A \) is an \( r \times n \) integral matrix and \( \mathbf{b} \) is an integral vector. We establish a relationship between special constant terms and shifted simplicial cones. This leads to the \texttt{SimpCone[S]} algorithm, which efficiently decomposes polyhedra into simplicial cones. Unlike traditional geometric triangulation methods, this algorithm is versatile for many choices of the strategy \( \texttt{S} \) and can also be applied to parametric polyhedra. The algorithm is useful for efficient volume computation of polytopes and can be applied to address various new research projects. Additionally, we apply our framework to unimodular cone decompositions. This extends the effectiveness of the newly developed \texttt{DecDenu} algorithm from denumerant cones to general simplicial cones.
title A combinatorial simplicial cone decomposition
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06691