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The integer point transform as a complete invariant

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If P,Q⊂Rd\mathcal{P}, \mathcal{Q} \subset \mathbb{R}^d are any rational polytopes, then we have: σP(ξ∗)=σQ(ξ∗)  ⟹  P=Q,\sigma_{\mathcal{P}}(\xi^*) = \sigma_{\mathcal{Q}}(\xi^*) \implies \mathcal{P} = \mathcal{Q}, with ξ∗\xi^* as in (4).

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    Problem: Reconstructed conjecture: for d≥1d\ge1, let P,Q⊂Rd\mathcal P,\mathcal Q\subset\mathbb R^d be rational polytopes and

    σP(ξ)=∑n∈P∩Zde2πi⟨n,ξ⟩,ξ∗=1π(2,3,…,pd).\sigma_{\mathcal P}(\xi)=\sum_{n\in \mathcal P\cap\mathbb Z^d} e^{2\pi i\langle n,\xi\rangle},\qquad \xi^*=\frac1\pi(\sqrt2,\sqrt3,\dots,\sqrt{p_d}).

    The conjecture asserts

    σP(ξ∗)=σQ(ξ∗)  ⟹  P=Q.\sigma_{\mathcal P}(\xi^*)=\sigma_{\mathcal Q}(\xi^*)\implies \mathcal P=\mathcal Q .

    Result: The conjecture is false.

    Take d=1d=1. Then ξ∗=2/π\xi^*=\sqrt2/\pi. Let

    P=[0,1/2],Q=[0,1/3].\mathcal P=[0,1/2],\qquad \mathcal Q=[0,1/3].

    Both are rational polytopes in R\mathbb R, and they are distinct. However

    P∩Z=Q∩Z={0}.\mathcal P\cap\mathbb Z=\mathcal Q\cap\mathbb Z=\{0\}.

    Therefore

    σP(ξ∗)=e2πi⋅0⋅ξ∗=1=σQ(ξ∗).\sigma_{\mathcal P}(\xi^*)=e^{2\pi i\cdot0\cdot\xi^*}=1 =\sigma_{\mathcal Q}(\xi^*).

    Thus equality of the integer point transforms at ξ∗\xi^* does not imply P=Q\mathcal P=\mathcal Q.

    Diagnosis: the integer point transform only depends on the lattice-point set P∩Zd\mathcal P\cap\mathbb Z^d. Hence no evaluation of σP\sigma_{\mathcal P}, even at all ξ\xi, can distinguish rational polytopes with the same lattice points. A natural repair is to restrict to integer polytopes, or to use a denominator-clearing dilation kPk\mathcal P, as in the paper’s theorem.

    Verification audit: the counterexample is nonempty, full-dimensional in d=1d=1, rational, and uses exactly the stated ξ∗\xi^*. No additional assumptions are introduced.

    Citation: No external disproof is needed; the counterexample follows directly from the definition of σP\sigma_{\mathcal P}.

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    The counterexample is valid. In d=1d=1, the distinct rational polytopes [0,1/2][0,1/2] and [0,1/3][0,1/3] have the same lattice-point set, namely {0}\{0\}. Hence their integer point transforms are both 11 at any evaluation point, including the specified ξ∗\xi^*. This directly disproves the stated implication for rational polytopes.

    Any possible mismatch in the candidate’s exact notation for ξ∗\xi^* is irrelevant here, since only the zero lattice point contributes.

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    Classification rationale: The counterexample is valid but mathematically trivial: σP\sigma_{\mathcal P} depends only on P∩Zd\mathcal P\cap\mathbb Z^d, so any two distinct rational polytopes with the same lattice points work. This is not a standalone publishable combinatorics result; at most it is an erratum/comment to the original paper.

    Literature check: I found no explicit published note giving this exact counterexample. However, the stronger underlying observation is standard from the definition of the integer point transform as ∑m∈S∩Zdzm\sum_{m\in S\cap\mathbb Z^d}z^m. Thus the resolution is an immediate definitional observation, not a substantive new result.

    Citation: Sinai Robins, “The integer point transform as a complete invariant,” arXiv:2304.08681; Communications in Mathematics 31 (2023), DOI 10.46298/cm.11218. See also Beck–Robins, Computing the Continuous Discretely, 2nd ed., Springer, on integer-point transforms.

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