Halfspace Representations of Path Polytopes of Trees

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Main Authors: Goel, Amer, Maraj, Aida, Ribot, Alvaro
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Published: 2025
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author Goel, Amer
Maraj, Aida
Ribot, Alvaro
author_facet Goel, Amer
Maraj, Aida
Ribot, Alvaro
contents Given a tree $T$, its path polytope is the convex hull of the edge indicator vectors for the paths between any two distinct leaves in $T$. These polytopes arise naturally in polyhedral geometry and applications, such as phylogenetics, tropical geometry, and algebraic statistics. We provide a minimal halfspace representation of these polytopes. The construction is made inductively using toric fiber products.
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spellingShingle Halfspace Representations of Path Polytopes of Trees
Goel, Amer
Maraj, Aida
Ribot, Alvaro
Combinatorics
Statistics Theory
52B20, 52B05, 62R01, 13P25, 14M25
Given a tree $T$, its path polytope is the convex hull of the edge indicator vectors for the paths between any two distinct leaves in $T$. These polytopes arise naturally in polyhedral geometry and applications, such as phylogenetics, tropical geometry, and algebraic statistics. We provide a minimal halfspace representation of these polytopes. The construction is made inductively using toric fiber products.
title Halfspace Representations of Path Polytopes of Trees
topic Combinatorics
Statistics Theory
52B20, 52B05, 62R01, 13P25, 14M25
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.21204