Extended Okounkov bodies and multi-point Seshadri constants

Abstract

Based on the work of Okounkov, Kaveh-Khovanskii and Lazarsfeld-Mustata independently associated a convex body, called the Okounkov body, to a big divisor on a normal projective variety with respect to an admissible flag. Although the Okounkov bodies carry rich positivity data of big divisors, they only provide information near a single point. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a convex body of a big divisor that is effective in handling the positivity theory associated with multi-point settings. These convex bodies open the door to approach the local positivity theory at multiple points from a convex-geometric perspective. We study their properties and shapes, and describe local positivity data via them. Finally, we observe the irrationality of Seshadri constants with the help of a relation between Nakayama constants and Seshadri constants.