Barycentric transformation conjecture for smooth Fano polytopes

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Let PP be a smooth Fano polytope, and let B(P)B(P) denote its barycentric transformation. A Fano polytope is of type B∞B_\infty when the barycentric transformation can be applied indefinitely. Barycentric transformation conjecture.

  1. If PP has odd dimension, then PP is Kähler–Einstein if and only if PP is of type B∞B_\infty.
  2. If PP is Kähler–Einstein, then B(P)B(P) is also a Kähler–Einstein Fano polytope. In particular, PP is of type B∞B_\infty.
  3. If PP is symmetric, then B(P)B(P) is a symmetric and Kähler–Einstein Fano polytope. In particular, PP is of type B∞B_\infty.

The conjecture extends the authors' low-dimensional results on preservation of the Kähler–Einstein property under barycentric transformations. The even-dimensional converse related to part 2 is discussed separately, and the validity for singular Fano polytopes is posed as an additional question.

References

Primary source

DongSeon Hwang and Yeonsu Kim, “On Barycentric transformations of Fano polytopes”, arXiv:2012.13386 (2020).

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