Nonnegativity conjecture for the invariant c of integral polytopes

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Let PP be an integral polytope, and let

c(P)=∑F⊂P(−1)codim⁡(F)(dim⁡(F)+1)!Vol⁡(F),c(P)=\sum_{F\subset P}(-1)^{\operatorname{codim}(F)}(\dim(F)+1)!\operatorname{Vol}(F),

where the sum runs over all nonempty faces FF of PP. Nonnegativity conjecture. The invariant c(P)c(P) is nonnegative:

c(P)≥0.c(P)\geq 0.

Numerical experiments and examples, including the hypersimplex Δ(3,6)\Delta(3,6), support this conjecture. The claim is presented as an open conjecture for integral polytopes.

References

Primary source

Sandra Di Rocco, “Toric manifolds with degenerate dual variety and defect polytopes”, arXiv:math/0305150 (2003).

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