Monotonicity conjecture for normal cyclic polytopes

Let Cd(τ1,,τn)C_d(\tau_1,\dotsc,\tau_n) and Cd(τ1,,τn)C_d(\tau_1',\dotsc,\tau_n') be integral cyclic polytopes, and let Δij\Delta_{ij} denote the corresponding gaps used in the source. Assume that Cd(τ1,,τn)C_d(\tau_1,\dotsc,\tau_n) is normal, meaning that lattice points in all positive dilates decompose as sums of lattice points of the polytope. Monotonicity conjecture. If Cd(τ1,,τn)C_d(\tau_1,\dotsc,\tau_n) is normal and

τjτiΔijfor all 1i<jn,\tau_j'-\tau_i'\geq\Delta_{ij}\qquad\text{for all }1\leq i<j\leq n,

then Cd(τ1,,τn)C_d(\tau_1',\dotsc,\tau_n') is also normal. The statement is motivated by the preceding conjectures and a theorem in the paper, but no resolution is supplied.

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Takayuki Hibi, Akihiro Higashitani, Lukas Katthän and Ryota Okazaki, “Normal cyclic polytopes and cyclic polytopes that are not very ample”, arXiv:1202.6117 (2013).

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