Normal polytopes
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چکیده
In Section 1 we overview combinatorial results on normal polytopes, old and new. These polytopes represent central objects of study in the contemporary discrete convex geometry, on the crossroads of combinatorics, commutative algebra, and algebraic geometry. In Sections 2 and 3 we describe two very different possible ways of advancing the theory of normal polytopes to next essential level, involving arithmetic and topological aspects.
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