Toric degenerations and symplectic geometry of smooth projective varieties

Abstract: Let

X

be an

n

-dimensional smooth complex projective variety embedded in

m a t h b b C m a t h b b P^{N}

. We construct a smooth family

m a t h c a l X

over

m a t h b b C

with an embedding in

m a t h b b C m a t h b b P^{N} i m e s m a t h b b C

whose generic fiber is

X

and the special fiber is the torus

(m a t h b b C^{*})^{n}

sitting in

m a t h b b C m a t h b b P^{N}

via a monomial embedding. We use this to show that if

o m e g a

is an integral K"ahler form on

X

then for any

e p s i l o n > 0

there is an open subset

U_{e} p s i l o n s u b s e t X

such that

v o l (X s e t m i n u s U_{e} p s i l o n) < e p s i l o n

and

U_{e} p s i l o n

is symplectomorphic to

(m a t h b b C^{*})^{n}

equipped with a (rational) toric K"ahler form. As an application we obtain lower bounds for the Gromov width of

(X, o m e g a)

in terms of its associated Newton-Okounkov bodies. We also show that if

o m e g a

lies in the class

c_{1} (L)

of a very ample line bundle

L

then

(X, o m e g a)

has a full symplectic packing with

d

equal balls where

d

is the degree of

(X, L)

.

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