Computing the Ehrhart quasi-polynomial of a rational simplex

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 75, Issue 255, 2006, Pages 1449-1466

  Barvinok, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Ehrhart quasi polynomial; Rational polytope; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646721090     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-06-01836-9     Document Type: Article

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