Orbit and affine-chart preimages under toric maps #
The analytic map of a morphism of regular fans sends the distinguished point of a source cone to that of its least target cone. Equivariance then sends the whole source orbit into the orbit of that cone. It need not map onto the target orbit: the induced torus homomorphism need not be surjective.
The orbit partition gives exact preimage formulas. The preimage of a target orbit is the union of the source orbits whose least target cone is that cone, and the preimage of its closure is the union of those whose least target cone contains that cone; the preimage of an affine chart is the union of the source orbits whose cones map into its cone. These formulas include empty fans and provide the cone-by-cone description needed for restrictions and properness.
References #
- W. Fulton, Introduction to Toric Varieties, §2.1 and §2.4.
- D. Cox, J. Little and H. Schenck, Toric Varieties, §3.3.
Mapping the distinguished point of a source cone into any containing target chart gives that of the least target cone, viewed as a face of the chosen target cone.
Analytic toric maps send distinguished points to the distinguished points of the least target cones.
The orbit of a source cone maps into the orbit of its least target cone. No surjectivity of the lattice map or its torus homomorphism is required.
On the orbit of σ, membership of the image in the orbit of τ is equivalent to τ being
the least target cone of σ.
The preimage of a target orbit is exactly the union of the source orbits with that least target cone.
The preimage of the closure of a target orbit is exactly the union of the source orbits whose least target cone contains that cone.
On a source orbit, membership of the image in a target affine chart is precisely containment of the least target cone in the chart's cone.
The preimage of an affine target chart is the union of the source orbits whose cones map into its cone.