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Fiber products under toric flops and flips

Algebraic Geometry 2025-02-13 v2

Abstract

Let Σ\Sigma and Σ\Sigma' be two refinements of a fan Σ0\Sigma_0 and f ⁣:XΣXΣf \colon X_{\Sigma} \dashrightarrow X_{\Sigma'} be the birational map induced by XΣXΣ0XΣX_{\Sigma} \rightarrow X_{\Sigma_0} \leftarrow X_{\Sigma'}. We show that the graph closure Γf\overline{\Gamma}_f is a not necessarily normal toric variety and we give a combinatorial criterion for its normality. In contrast to it, for ff being a toric flop/flip, we show that the scheme-theoretic fiber product X:=XΣ×XΣ0XΣX:=X_{\Sigma}\mathop{\times}\limits_{X_{\Sigma_0}}X_{\Sigma'} is in general not toric, though it is still irreducible and Xred=ΓfX_{\rm red} = \overline{\Gamma}_f. A complete numerical criterion to ensure X=XredX = X_{\rm red} is given for 3-folds, which is fulfilled when XΣX_\Sigma has at most terminal singularities. In this case, we further conclude that XX is normal.

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@article{arxiv.2411.12446,
  title  = {Fiber products under toric flops and flips},
  author = {Tsung-Chen Chen and Hui-Wen Lin and Sz-Sheng Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.12446},
  year   = {2025}
}
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