Gorenstein simplices with a given $\delta$-polynomial

Abstract

To classify the lattice polytopes with a given $\delta$-polynomial is an important open problem in Ehrhart theory. A complete classification of the Gorenstein simplices whose normalized volumes are prime integers is known. In particular, their $\delta$-polynomials are of the form $1+t^k+\cdots+t^{(v-1)k}$, where $k$ and $v$ are positive integers. In the present paper, a complete classification of the Gorenstein simplices with the above $\delta$-polynomials will be performed, when $v$ is either $p^2$ or $pq$, where $p$ and $q$ are prime integers with $p \neq q$. Moreover, we consider the number of Gorenstein simplices, up to unimodular equivalence, with the expected $\delta$-polynomial.