Questions tagged [toric-varieties]
Toric variety is embedding of algebraic tori.
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Line bundles on toric varieties associated to Weyl chamber
I am interested in studying toric varieties associated to the fan of Weyl chambers. General information would be best but I am also interested in the specific case of the Weyl chamber of $\mathfrak{sl}...
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What is the subdivision corresponding to the blowup of a toric divisor of a singular toric variety?
Let $X$ be an affine toric variety corresponding to the cone $\sigma$. If $X$ is smooth, blowups of toric strata correspond to star subdivisions of $\sigma$. Suppose that $X$ is singular and let $D \...
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Does one only need to look at torus invariant curves to calculate the Seshadri constant for a point of a toric variety?
If $ X $ is an irreducible projective variety, $ L $ is a Nef divisor on $ X $, $ x $ is a point of $ X $, and $ \pi: \operatorname{Bl}_{x}(X) \to X $ is the natural projection morphism, then the ...
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Explicit description of the space of global sections of a torus invariant Weil divisor over a real toric variety
Let $D$ be a Weil divisor on a normal toric variety $X$ with fan $\Sigma$ that is invariant under the action by the torus $T$. Then Proposition 4.3.2 of the textbook Toric Varieties by Cox, Little and ...
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Doubt in the proof of Mcduff''s method of probes
I have been reading the paper "Displacing Lagrangian toric fibers by probes" by Dusa Mcduff, here is the arxiv link https://arxiv.org/pdf/0904.1686.pdf.
I have a doubt in the proof of lemma $...
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What is the minimal $ n $ such that the Cox ring of the blow up of a simplicial, $ r $-dimensional, toric variety at $ n $ points in g.p. is not f.g.?
In Shigeru Mukai's paper "Counterexample to Hilbert's 14th Problem for the 3-dimensional Additive Group," Mukai proved that if $ \frac{1}{r+1}+\frac{1}{n-r-1} \le \frac{1}{2} $, then the ...
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Do algebraic tori have no $H^1$?
If $G$ is an algebraic group over a field $K$, we can consider the Galois (or flat) cohomology $H^1(K, G)$. If $G = \mathbb{G}_a$ or $\mathbb{G}_m$, it is well known that $H^1(K, G) = 0$ (the latter ...
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Almost toric mutations
I'm trying to understand the details of the almost toric mutation process as explained in Section 8.4 in https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.08643.pdf. More specifically, given an almost toric fibration $f: (M,...
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Resolutions of configuration space of the projective line where the complement is of "Tate type"
I would like to find a nice compactification $X_n$ of $F(\mathbb P^1,n)$ (considered as a scheme over $\mathbb Z$), the $n$-fold configuration space of the projective line with the property that the $...
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Does a discriminant condition on $f(x,y)$ imply that $f$ is weighted homogeneous?
[This is an updated version of https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4522399/.]
Let $f = \sum_{i=0}^n f_iy^i \in \mathbb{C}[x,y]$ be a polynomial (where $f_i \in \mathbb{C}[x]$ with $f_0,f_n \ne 0$)...
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Simplicial approximation theorem for toric varieties
Given abstract simplicial complexes $K$ and $L$, one constructs topological spaces $|K|$ and $|L|$. Simplicial approximation theorem says for any continuous map $f: |K|\to |L|$ that there exists ...
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Lattice polytope toric varieties under rescaling
Is there any interesting relation/map between the toric variety $X_P$ associated to a lattice polytope $P$ and the toric variety associated to the polytope rescaled by some integer factor?
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Quasismooth vs smooth in a smooth toric variety
Let $X$ be a toric variety, and let $\pi: \mathbb A^n-V(B) \to X = (\mathbb A^n-V(B))/(\mathbb C^*)^\rho$ be the quotient map defining $X$ in the Cox construction. A subvariety $Y\subset X$ is called ...
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Is there a Chevalley map for spherical varieties?
If $G$ is a reductive group, $T$ a maximal torus and $W$ its Weyl group the Chevalley restriction theorem (in its "multiplicative" version) gives an isomorphism between the GIT quotient of $...
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How to compute the quotient and localization of the monoid algebra $kG$ for a field $k$
I am given that $k$ is a field and $G$ is the monoid consisting of all monomials
$X^iY^j$, where $j$ is between $0$ and $3i$.
I am trying to compute the quotient of the monoid algebra $kG$ by the ...
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A question regarding Corollary 4.12 in Mumford's "Analytic construction of deg. Ab. Var."
Let $S=Spec A$ be the spectrum of an integrally closed, excellent and Noetherian ring. In his paper, David Mumford constructs an $S$-group scheme $G$. He shows that the torsion of $G_s$ is $p$-...
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A connection between equivariant and non-equivariant cohomology of toric variety
Let $X$ be a smooth projective toric variety over $\mathbb{C}$. It is acted by the compact torus $T=(S^1)^n$.
The $T$-equivariant cohomology $H^*_T(X)$ (with coefficients in a field, say) is an ...
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Markov triples and Newton-Okounkov bodies of $\mathbb{P}^2$
I am working on symplectic geometry and I have some questions about a degeneration of $\mathbb{P}^2$.
Question: Can we obtain the moment polytope (or the polytope associated with the anti-canonical ...
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Non-trivial line bundle on $\mathbb{C}^{\ast} \times \mathbb{C}^{\ast}$
A line bundle is a holomorphic complex-dimension-one bundle on a complex manifold.
The complex manifold $X = \mathbb{C}^{\ast} \times \mathbb{C}^{\ast}$ admits a non-trivial line bundle for the ...
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If two symplectic toric manifolds are diffeomorphic, are they necessarily equivariantly diffeomorphic?
Suppose $M$ and $N$ are two symplectic toric manifolds. If $M$ is diffeomorphic to $N$, can we deduce that $M$ is equivariantly diffeomorphic to $N$ with respect to their torus actions?
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Is $(x^2y,xy^2)$ log smooth?
Consider the map
$$f:\mathbb C^2\to\mathbb C^2$$
$$(x,y)\mapsto(x^2y,xy^2)$$
We can view $f$ as induced by the map of monoids $g:\mathbb Z^2_{\geq 0}\to\mathbb Z^2_{\geq 0}$ given by the matrix $(\...
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From Delzant polytope to lattice polytope
By definition, an $n$-dimensional Delzant polytope $P$ is not necessarily a lattice polytope. But
is there a natural way (or operations) to turn $P$ into a lattice polytope using the fact that the ...
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Embedding of a blow-up
In $\mathbb{P}^1\times\mathbb{P}^2$ take a general divisor $X$ of type $(0,2)$. Consider two general divisors $H_1,H_2$ of type $(2,1)$ and set $Y = X\cap H_1\cap H_2$.
Let $Z$ be the blow-up of $X$ ...
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Smooth proper varieties over the integers that are not toric
Does there exist a smooth proper variety $X$ over $\operatorname{Spec} \mathbb Z$ that is not toric?
By Fontaine, we know that there is no Abelian scheme over $\operatorname{Spec} \mathbb Z$. Also by ...
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Problem in calculating the global sections of $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^3}(d)\otimes \mathcal{I}_Z$
This is an additional question to the one I posed in Equivalence of sequences of blowups of $\mathbb{P}^3$
Let $[x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4]$ be coordinates of $\mathbb{P}^3$ and $Z\subset \mathbb{P}^3$ the ...
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Polytope algebra and toric vareties
Let $\Pi$ denote the McMullen polytope algebra (over the field of rationals $\mathbb{Q}$) generated by convex polytopes with rational vertices in $\mathbb{R}^n$.
For a simple polytope $P$ let us ...
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Equivalence of sequences of blowups of $\mathbb{P}^3$
Let $[x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4]$ be coordinates of $\mathbb{P}^3$ and $Z\subset \mathbb{P}^3$ the subscheme given by the ideal $$I_Z=(x_1,x_2,x_3^2) \subset \mathbb{C}[x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4]$$ i.e. $Z$ is a double ...
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Cohomology of divisors on Hirzebruch surfaces
Consider the Hirzebruch surface $\mathbb{F}_n = \mathbb{P}(\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}\oplus \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}(n))\rightarrow\mathbb{P}^1$. The Picard group of $\mathbb{F}_n$ is generated by ...
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What is a toric lattice? [closed]
What is a toric lattice? and how can I construct one in Macaulay2 and compute its basis? is there any alternative method to make one? Since I went through the whole ...
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Amoeba for a K3 surface in $\mathbb {CP}^3$
Let $X=X_\Delta$ be the toric variety associated to a reflexive polyhedron $\Delta$.
Consider a Calabi-Yau hypersurface $Y\subset X$, and the image of $Y$ under the moment map $\mu:X\to \Delta$ has ...
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How to create a toric variety whose Cox ring has a specific grading?
If one wanted to obtain a fan for a toric variety of dimension $ n>1 $ whose Cox ring is $ \mathbb{Z}^{2} $ graded with weights $ \{(a_{i},b_{i})\}_{i=1}^{n+2} $, then one could let $ B $ be the $ ...
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When does the Hirzebruch surface have a nef anticanonical divisor?
Let $\mathcal H_r=\mathbb P (\mathcal O_{\mathbb P^1}\oplus \mathcal O_{\mathbb P^1}(r))$ be a Hirzebruch surface for some $r\in\mathbb Z$. As a toric variety, the fan structure is spanned by $(-1,0)$,...
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Rational points of weighted projective spaces
[EDIT (Feb. 27, 2024): No answer to the reference question yet, but I explain a more general statement at the end.]
Let $k$ be a field and let $\underline{a}=(a_0,\dots,a_n)$ be a tuple of positive ...
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Structure of fibers of (complex) moment map of hypertoric variety
I am primarily interested in the hypertoric variety $\mathfrak M(\mathcal B_d)$ associated to the braid arrangement.
Any hypertoric variety $X$, say of complex dimension $2n$, comes equipped with an ...
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Smooth toric compactification of $\mathbb C^n$
By a compactification $(X,Y)$ of $\mathbb C^n$, we mean an irreducible compact complex space $X$ and a closed analytic subspace $Y\subset X$ such that $X\setminus Y$ is biholomorphic to $\mathbb C^n$. ...
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divisors in non-compact toric varieties
Let $X$ be a smooth quasi-projective toric variety of dimension $n$ over $\mathbb C$.
Take it to be non-compact, so its fan is not complete.
(A good example to keep in mind is a toric Calabi-Yau.)
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Intrinsic definition of a cone in a normal fan
Let $P\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be a full dimensional polytope. Let us assume that $P$ has a facet description with the following inequalities:
$$ \left<x,u_F\right> \geq -a_F$$
where $u_F\in \...
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Toric Bézier patches
Toric Bézier patches (as described in https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.2116) are maps from a lattice polytope $P$ to the positive part of its associated toric variety $X_P$. While they are not the inverse ...
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Deformation of toric varieties to complete intersections
I am looking for some systematic study/examples of families of projective complete intersection varieties degenerating to a projective toric variety. In particular, given a projective toric variety, ...
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How should we think about the algebraic moment map?
My question is about the "algebraic moment map", as discussed by Frank Sottile in the final section of this paper, or by Bill Fulton in his Introduction to Toric Varieties, where he referes ...
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When is a toric variety a Poincare duality space?
When is a complete toric variety a Poincare duality space? Is there an "if and only if" condition? And is this condition local? Given an analytically-locally-toric compactification of a ...
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Is the blowup of a toric variety corresponding to a subdivision normal?
Toroidal Embeddings 1 by KKMS say subdividing the fan of a toric variety yields the fan of a normalized blowup. How do I avoid normalization? Do I need to choose my subdivision carefully, or is it ...
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When an action on open dense subvariety by an algebraic group extends to variety
A toric variety $X$ over $k$ is a variety which contains an algebraic torus
($T= \mathbb{G}_k^s$)
as a dense open subset such that the action of the torus on itself extends to the whole of
$X$. Slogan:...
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the map on Picard groups induced by restriction to a toric subvariety
Let $X$ be a (say, complex) toric variety acted upon by a torus $T$ and defined by a fan $\Sigma$ in the cocharacter lattice $N=\mathrm{Hom}(\mathbb{C}^\times, T)$, and let $M$ be the character ...
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Hodge structure on intersection cohomology of toric varieties
Given a convex polytope with integer vertices, one can construct a complex projective variety $X$ called toric variety. In general $X$ is not smooth. As I have heard, by the work of M. Saito, the ...
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Cohomology ring of a hypersurface in toric variety
Let $X^n$ be a smooth projective toric variety corresponding to a simple polytope $P$. It is well known that the cohomology ring $H^*(X)$ can be described in terms of combinatorics of faces of $P$.
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Toric resolution in terms of polytopes
Let $P,Q\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ lattice polytopes such that $P$ and $P'=P+Q$ are smooth polytopes. We obtain the birational morphism $f:X_{P'}\to X_Q$ and I am interested in a criterion when this is a ...
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An example in symplectic geometry
$\DeclareMathOperator\SU{SU}$Let $M$ be a coadjoint orbit of dimension 6 of $\SU(3)$, and let $T$ be the maximal torus in $\SU(3)$. If we denote $\mu : M \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^2$ the moment map ...
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algebraic de Rham cohomology of toric varieties (reference request)
I haven't been able to find anything workable yet, but I'm looking for a reference on the de Rham cohomology of toric varieties, where as many as possible of the following conditions are handled:
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Intersection homology of toric resolutions
I'm interested in the intersection homology of toric varieties associated to a polytope $P$ with proper faces F, and a subdivision $P'$ of P. Let $X_P$ be the toric variety associated to the polytope $...
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