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Degenerations of toric varieties over valuation rings

Algebraic Geometry 2018-05-16 v3

Abstract

We develop a theory of multi-stage degenerations of toric varieties over finite rank valuation rings, extending the Mumford--Gubler theory in rank one. Such degenerations are constructed from fan-like structures over totally ordered abelian groups of finite rank. Our main theorem describes the geometry of successive special fibers in the degeneration in terms of the polyhedral geometry of a system of recession complexes associated to the fan.

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@article{arxiv.1508.04057,
  title  = {Degenerations of toric varieties over valuation rings},
  author = {Tyler Foster and Dhruv Ranganathan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.04057},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

13 pages. v3: Added Example 4.1.8 and new references. To appear in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society