The topology of the space of rational curves on a toric variety

Publication date: 24 January 1993

Abstract: Let

X

be a compact toric variety. Let

H o l

denote the space of based holomorphic maps from

C P^{1}

to

X

which lie in a fixed homotopy class. Let

M a p

denote the corresponding space of continuous maps. We show that

H o l

has the same homotopy groups as

M a p

up to some (computable) dimension. The proof uses a description of

H o l

as a space of configurations of labelled points, where the labels lie in a partial monoid determined by the fan of

X

.

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