Minimal mixed volume implies standard-simplex containment

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Let Σ1,…,Σm\Sigma_1,\ldots,\Sigma_m be an essential collection of integer polyhedra in Rm\mathbb{R}^m, and let their mixed volume be 1/m!1/m!, the minimal possible value. Minimal mixed-volume conjecture. There exist an automorphism A:Zm→ZmA:\mathbb{Z}^m\to\mathbb{Z}^m and vectors a1,…,am∈Zma_1,\ldots,a_m\in\mathbb{Z}^m such that

A(Σ1)+a1,…,A(Σm)+amA(\Sigma_1)+a_1,\ldots,A(\Sigma_m)+a_m

are contained in the standard simplex. This is a structural claim about collections attaining the minimum possible mixed volume; the supplied text does not state whether it has been proved or remains open.

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Alexander Esterov, “Determinantal singularities and Newton polyhedra”, arXiv:0906.5097 (2010).

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