Toric arc schemes and <i>q</i> -enumeration of lattice points

Abstract We introduce a natural weighted enumeration of lattice points in a polytope, and give a Brion-type formula for the corresponding generating function. The weighting has combinatorial significance, and its generating function may be viewed as a generalization of the Rogers–Szegő polynomials. It also arises from the geometry of the toric arc scheme associated to the normal fan of the polytope. We show that the asymptotic behaviour of thecoefficients at $q=1$ is Gaussian.