On the finite generation of valuation semigroups on toric surfaces

Abstract

We provide a combinatorial criterion for the finite generation of a valuation semigroup associated with an ample divisor on a smooth toric surface and a non-toric valuation of maximal rank. As an application, we construct a lattice polytope such that none of the valuation semigroups of the associated polarized toric variety coming from one-parameter subgroups and centered at a non-toric point are finitely generated.