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The equality case of Ehrhart's volume conjecture

Aug 2026 · 1 citation · 31 references
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Abstract

We prove that every full-dimensional compact convex body in $\mathbb R^n$ whose barycenter is its unique interior lattice point and whose volume is $(n+1)^n/n!$ is a unimodular image of the simplex $(n+1)\Delta_n-(1,\dots,1)$. This resolves the equality case of Ehrhart's volume conjecture, as a counterpart of the inequality part recently proved by OpenAI. The main result of this paper is obtained by generative AI, particularly GPT-5.6-sol, Fable 5, and the Danus system.

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