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Universal Rational Parametrizations and Toric Varieties

David Cox, Rimvydas Krasauskas, Mircea Mustata

math.AGarXiv:math/0303316

Abstract

This note proves the existence of universal rational parametrizations. The description involves homogeneous coordinates on a toric variety coming from a lattice polytope. We first describe how smooth toric varieties lead to universal rational parametrizations of certain projective varieties. We give numerous examples and then discuss what happens in the singular case. We also describe rational maps to smooth toric varieties.

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