Ehrhart theory on periodic graphs II: Stratified Ehrhart ring theory
We investigate the “stratified Ehrhart ring theory” for periodic graphs, which gives an algorithm for determining the growth sequences of periodic graphs. The growth sequence <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>Γ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> <mml:mo>≥</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> is defined for a graph <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>Γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> and its fixed vertex <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> , where <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>Γ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> is defined as the number of vertices of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>Γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> at distance <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:math> from <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> . Although the sequences <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>Γ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> <mml:mo>≥</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> for periodic graphs are known to be of quasi-polynomial type, their determination had not been established, even in dimension two. Our theory and algorithm can be applied to arbitrary periodic graphs of any dimension. As an application of the algorithm, we determine the growth sequences in several new examples.
Authors
- Yusuke Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-9513)
- Takuya Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8434-3567)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Algebraic Combinatorics
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5802/alco.445
- Primary Topic
- Graph theory and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science