Homogeneous-coordinate characters of the projective-space fan #
The character of the ratio of homogeneous coordinates X_j / X_k pairs with the ray indexed
by l as δ_{jl} - δ_{kl}. On the maximal cone omitting k, these characters, for j ≠ k,
freely generate the dual semigroup. Thus its monoid algebra is the polynomial coordinate ring
of the standard projective chart X_k ≠ 0, with these characters as its coordinate monomials.
The explicit semigroup equivalence computes the exponent of each ratio by pairing with the
corresponding ray. It supplies homogeneous coordinates for affine complex points without
choosing a second lattice basis. The character addition law gives the change of ratios
X_j / X_l = (X_j / X_k) * (X_k / X_l) on overlaps. The real-linear extension of
the ratio character cuts out the intersection of two maximal cones, so face localization
identifies the overlap of the affine charts by the nonvanishing of that ratio.
References #
- W. Fulton, Introduction to Toric Varieties, §1.4.
- D. Cox, J. Little and H. Schenck, Toric Varieties, §§3.1 and 3.4.
The integral character of the homogeneous-coordinate ratio X_j / X_k. The index none
labels the extra ray, the negative sum of the basis vectors.
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A homogeneous-coordinate ratio pairs with the ray generators by the difference of two Kronecker deltas.
Multiplication of homogeneous-coordinate ratios is addition of their integral characters.
The ratio X_j / X_none is the coordinate character of the basis vector b j.
Pairing a character with the generators of a projective-space cone tests exactly the inequalities defining its dual semigroup.
A homogeneous ratio is regular on a projective cone whenever its denominator ray is omitted. The numerator is allowed to be the denominator, giving the zero character.
The real-linear extension of the ratio character cuts out the intersection of the two maximal cones. The affine chart of this face is the overlap of the projective charts.
A character is determined by its pairings with all projective-space rays but one.
The coordinate character X_j / X_k of the maximal projective chart omitting k.
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The dual semigroup of the maximal projective-space cone omitting k is freely generated by
the ratios X_j / X_k, for j ≠ k. Exponents are the pairings with the corresponding rays.
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The exponent of a ratio is the nonnegative pairing with its ray.
The inverse exponent map forms the corresponding sum of homogeneous-coordinate characters.
Each ratio character is a standard free generator of the dual semigroup.