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SUMMARY:Victor Batyrev (University of Tübingen)
DTSTART:20210611T120000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: <a href="https://researchseminars.org/talk/ToricDeg/1/"
 >Variations on the theme of classical discriminant</a>\nby Victor Batyrev 
 (University of Tübingen) as part of Toric Degenerations\n\n\nAbstract\nTh
 e classical discriminant $\\Delta_n(f)$ of a degree $n$ polynomial $f(x)$ 
 is an irreducible homogeneous polynomial of degree $2n-2$ on the coefficie
 nts $a_0\, \\ldots\, a_n$ of $f$ that vanishes if and only if  $f$ has a m
 ultiple zero. I will explain a tropical proof of the theorem of Gelfand\, 
 Kapranov and Zelevinsky (1990) that identifies the Newton polytope  $P_n$ 
 of $\\Delta_n$ with a $(n-1)$-dimensional combinatorial cube obtained from
  the classical root system of type $A_{n-1}$. Recently Mikhalkin and Tsikh
  (2017) discovered a nice factorization property for truncations of $\\Del
 ta_n$ with respect to facets $\\Gamma_i$ of $P_n$ containing the vertex $v
 _0  \\in P_n$ corresponding to the monomial $a_1^2 \\cdots a_{n-1}^2 \\in 
 \\Delta_n$. I will give a GKZ-proof of this property and show its connecti
 on to the boundary stata in the $(n-1)$-dimensional toric Losev-Manin modu
 li space $\\overline{L_n}$. Some variations on the above statements will b
 e discussed in connection to the toric moduli space associated with the ro
 ot system of type $B_n$ and the mirror symmetry for $3$-dimensional cyclic
  quotient singularities ${\\mathbb C}^3/\\mu_{2n+1}$.\n
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SUMMARY:Lara Bossinger (UNAM Oaxaca)
DTSTART:20210611T131500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: <a href="https://researchseminars.org/talk/ToricDeg/2/"
 >Newton--Okounkov bodies for cluster varieties</a>\nby Lara Bossinger (UNA
 M Oaxaca) as part of Toric Degenerations\n\n\nAbstract\nCluster varieties 
 are schemes glued from algebraic tori. Just as tori themselves\, they come
  in dual pairs and it is good to think of them as generalizing tori. Just 
 as compactifications of tori give rise to interesting varieties\, (partial
 ) compactifications of cluster varieties include examples such as Grassman
 nians\, partial flag varieties or configurations spaces. A few years ago G
 ross--Hacking--Keel--Kontsevich developed a mirror symmetry inspired progr
 am for cluster varieties. I will explain how their tools can be used to ob
 tain valuations and Newton--Okounkov bodies for their (partial) compactifi
 cations. The rich structure of cluster varieties however can be exploited 
 even further in this context which leads us to an intrinsic definition of 
 a Newton--Okounkov body.\nThe theory of cluster varieties interacts beauti
 fully with representation theory and algebraic groups. I will exhibit this
  connection by comparing GHKK's technology with known mirror symmetry cons
 tructions such as those by Givental\, Baytev--Ciocan-Fontanini--Kim--van S
 traten\, Rietsch and Marsh--Rietsch.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/ToricDeg/2/
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SUMMARY:Chris Manon (University of Kentucky)
DTSTART:20210611T143000Z
DTEND:20210611T153000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212927Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: <a href="https://researchseminars.org/talk/ToricDeg/3/"
 >When is a (projectivized) toric vector bundle a Mori dream space?</a>\nby
  Chris Manon (University of Kentucky) as part of Toric Degenerations\n\n\n
 Abstract\nLike toric varieties\, toric vector bundles are a rich class of 
 varieties which admit a combinatorial description.  Following the classifi
 cation due to Klyachko\, a toric vector bundle is captured by a subspace a
 rrangement decorated by toric data.  This makes toric vector bundles an ac
 cessible test-bed for concepts from algebraic geometry.   Along these line
 s\, Hering\, Payne\, and Mustata asked if the projectivization of a toric 
 vector bundle is always a Mori dream space.   Suess and Hausen\, and Gonza
 les showed that the answer is "yes" for tangent bundles of smooth\, projec
 tive toric varieties\, and rank 2 vector bundles\, respectively.  Then Her
 ing\, Payne\, Gonzales\, and Suess showed the answer in general must be "n
 o" by constructing an elegant relationship between toric vector bundles an
 d various blow-ups of projective spaces\, in particular the blow-ups of ge
 neral arrangements of points studied by Castravet\, Tevelev and Mukai.  In
  this talk I'll review some of these results\, and then give a new descrip
 tion of toric vector bundles by tropical information.  This description al
 lows us to characterize the Mori dream space property in terms of tropical
  and algebraic data\, and produce new families of Mori dream spaces indexe
 d by the integral points in a locally closed polyhedral complex.   Along t
 he way I'll discuss plenty of examples and some questions.   This is joint
  work with Kiumars Kaveh.\n
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