The functor of toric varieties associated with Weyl chambers and Losev-Manin moduli spaces (Q765668)

A root system \(R\) of rank \(n\) defines an \(n\)-dimensional smooth projective toric variety \(X(R)\) associated with the fan of Weyl chambers. Various properties of varieties \(X(R)\) have been studied in work of \textit{I. Dolgachev} and \textit{V. Lunts} [J. Algebra 168, No. 3, 741--772 (1994; Zbl 0813.14040)], \textit{A. A. Klyachko} [Funct. Anal. Appl. 19, 65--66 (1985); translation from Funkts. Anal. Prilozh. 19, No. 1, 77--78 (1985; Zbl 0581.14038)], \textit{C. Procesi} [Langue, Raisonnement, Calcul, 153--161 (1990; Zbl 1177.14090)], \textit{J. R. Stembridge} [Adv. Math. 106, No. 2, 244--301 (1994; Zbl 0838.20050)]. This article is inspired by the article of \textit{A. Losev} and \textit{Yu. Manin} [Aspects of Mathematics E 36, 181--211 (2004; Zbl 1080.14066)], where the fine moduli spaces \(\overline{L}_n\) were constructed and it was shown that \(\overline{L}_{n+1}\) coincides with \(X(A_n)\). The Losev-Manin moduli space \(\overline{L}_n\) parametrises the isomorphism classes of chains of projective lines with two poles and \(n\) marked points. In this article, the authors consider functorial properties of \(X(R)\) with respect to maps of root systems and propose a description of the functor of toric varieties \(X(R)\) that is based on projection maps \(X(R) \to X(A_1) \simeq \mathbb P^1\). In the special case of \(R=A_n\), the author prove that \(X(A_n)\) is an almost Fano variety and the anticanonical divisor defines a birational toric morphism to the Gorenstein toric Fano variety corresponding to the convex hull of all roots of \(A_n\). A new proof is given for the fact that the toric varieties \(X(A_n)\) are fine moduli spaces \(\overline{L}_{n+1}\).