Cox rings of degree one del Pezzo surfaces

Damiano Testa, Anthony Várilly-Alvarado, Mauricio Velasco

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Abstract

Let X be a del Pezzo surface of degree one over an algebraically closed field, and let Cox(X) be its total coordinate ring. We prove the missing case of a conjecture of Batyrev and Popov, which states that Cox(X) is a quadratic algebra. We use a complex of vector spaces whose homology determines part of the structure of the minimal free Pic(X)-graded resolution of Cox(X) over a polynomial ring. We show that sufficiently many Betti numbers of this minimal free resolution vanish to establish the conjecture.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)729-761
Number of pages33
JournalAlgebra and Number Theory
Volume3
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cox rings
  • Del Pezzo surfaces
  • Total coordinate rings

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