A note on toric varieties associated with moduli spaces

DOI10.4153/CMB-2010-109-4zbMATH Open1258.14059arXiv0811.4728MaRDI QIDQ3095130FDOQ3095130

Authors: James J. Uren 

Publication date: 28 October 2011

Published in: Canadian Mathematical Bulletin (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this note we give a brief review of the construction of a toric variety $mathcalV$ coming from a genus $ggeq2$ Riemann surface $Sigm{a}^g$ equipped with a trinion, or pair of pants, decomposition. This was outlined by J. Hurtubise and L. C. Jeffrey in cite{JH1}. In cite{T1} A. Tyurin used this construction on a certain collection of trinion decomposed surfaces to produce a variety $D{M}_g$ -- the so-called Delzant model of moduli space -- for each genus $g.$ We conclude this note with some basic facts about the moment polytopes of the varieties $mathcalV.$ In particular, we show that the varieties $D{M}_g$ constructed by Tyurin, and claimed to be smooth, are in fact singular for $ggeq3.$

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.4728

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Toric varieties, Newton polyhedra, Okounkov bodies (14M25) Special polytopes (linear programming, centrally symmetric, etc.) (52B12) Lattice polytopes in convex geometry (including relations with commutative algebra and algebraic geometry) (52B20)

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• A Note on Formality and Singularities of Moduli Spaces
• On the Moduli Space of Flat Tori Having Unit Area
• Delzant models of moduli spaces
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