Local Euler obstructions of toric varieties

We use Matsui and Takeuchi's formula for toric A-discriminants to give algorithms for computing local Euler obstructions and dual degrees of toric surfaces and 3-folds. In particular, we consider weighted projective spaces. As an application we give counterexamples to a conjecture by Matsui and Takeuchi. As another application we recover the well-known fact that the only defective normal toric surfaces are cones

Polar degrees and closest points in codimension two

Suppose that $X_A\subset \mathbb{P}^{n-1}$ is a toric variety of codimension two defined by an $(n-2)\times n$ integer matrix $A$, and let $B$ be a Gale dual of $A$. In this paper we compute the Euclidean distance degree and polar degrees of $X_A$ (along with other associated invariants) combinatorially working from the matrix $B$. Our approach allows for the consideration of examples that would be impractical using algebraic or geometric methods. It also yields considerably simpler computational formulas for these invariants, allowing much larger examples to be computed much more quickly than the analogous combinatorial methods using the matrix $A$ in the codimension two case.Comment: 25 pages, 1 figur

Chow groups and pseudoffective cones of complexity-one T-varieties

Abstract We show that the pseudoeffective cone of k -cycles on a complete complexity-one T -variety is rational polyhedral for any k , generated by classes of T -invariant subvarieties. When X is also rational, we give a presentation of the Chow groups of X in terms of generators and relations, coming from the combinatorial data defining X as a T -variety