Math 583FB
Toric Varieties

Vitaly Vologodsky

Spring 2005, Monday/Wednesday/Friday 1:30

Toric varieties are a good source of examples for anyone learning algebraic geometry or combinatorics. This special type of algebraic variety has an interpretation in terms of cone decompositions and lattice polytopes. Due to this close relation to combinatorics, all of the basic concepts of algebraic geometry are easily computable.