A Möbius function computing $h$-polynomials of nestohedra

Abstract

We introduce a poset of weighted hypergraphs on a fixed vertex set which has a remarkable property: the Möbius values of the intervals associated to any hypergraph give, up to sign, the coefficients of the $h$-polynomial of its nestohedron. We exploit this relation to provide two new recurrence relations to compute $h$-polynomials of nestohedra.

22 pages, 9 figures