Abstract: We solve several open problems concerning integer points of reflexive smooth polytopes, also known as monotone polytopes. While the paper belongs to the realm of discrete geometry, the connection with symplectic and algebraic geometry appears naturally since these polytopes have an important role in both areas. We give the first proof of a broad case of Ewald's Conjecture (1988) concerning symmetric integral points of monotone lattice polytopes in arbitrary dimension. We also include an asymptotic quantitative study of the set of points appearing in Ewald's Conjecture. Then we relate this work to the problem of displaceability of orbits in symplectic toric geometry. We conclude with a proof for the 2-dimensional case, and for a number of cases in higher dimensions, of Nill's Conjecture (2009), which is a generalization of Ewald's Conjecture to smooth lattice polytopes. Along the way the paper introduces two new classes of polytopes which arise naturally in the study of Ewald's Conjecture and symplectic displaceability: neat polytopes, which are related to both Ewald's and Oda's Conjectures, and deeply monotone polytopes.

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