The -subspace polytope is defined as the convex hull of the characteristic vectors of all -dimensional subspaces of a finite affine space. The particular case of the hyperplane polytope has been investigated by Maurras (1993) and Anglada and Maurras (2003), who gave a complete characterization of the facets. The general -subspace polytope that we consider shows a much more involved structure, notably as regards facets. Nevertheless, several families of facets are established here. Then the group of automorphisms of the -subspace polytope is completely described and the adjacency of vertices is fully characterized.
Mots-clés : convex polytope, finite affine space, $m$-subspace polytope
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title = {The polytope of $m$-subspaces of a finite affine space},
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pages = {317--344},
publisher = {EDP-Sciences},
volume = {41},
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year = {2007},
doi = {10.1051/ro:2007026},
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Christophe, Julie; Doignon, Jean-Paul. The polytope of $m$-subspaces of a finite affine space. RAIRO - Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle, Tome 41 (2007) no. 3, pp. 317-344. doi : 10.1051/ro:2007026. http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/ro:2007026/
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