arXiv · 0909.4134
Rational singularities of normal T-varieties
Abstract
A T-variety is an algebraic variety X with an effective regular action of an algebraic torus T. Altmann and Hausen gave a combinatorial description of an affine T-variety X by means of polyhedral divisors. In this paper we compute the higher direct images of the structure sheaf of a desingularization of X in terms of this combinatorial data. As a consequence, we give a criterion as to when a T-variety has rational singularities. We also provide a partial criterion for a T-variety to be Cohen-Macaulay. As an application we characterize in this terms quasihomogeneous elliptic singularities of surfaces.
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Alvaro Liendo. 2009-09-23. Rational singularities of normal T-varieties. https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4134
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