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In this paper, we introduce the concept of P-difference varieties and study the properties of toric P-difference varieties. Toric P-difference varieties are analogues of toric varieties in difference algebraic geometry. The category of affine toric P-difference varieties with toric morphisms is shown to be antiequivalent to the category of affine P[x]-semimodules with P[x]-semimodule morphisms. Moreover, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the irreducible invariant P-difference subvarieties of an afne toric P-difference variety and the faces of the corresponding affine P[x]-semimodule. We also define abstract toric P-difference varieties by gluing affine toric P-difference varieties. The irreducible invariant P-difference subvariety-face correspondence is generalized to abstract toric P-difference varieties. By virtue of this correspondence, a divisor theory for abstract toric P-difference varieties is developed.
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Wang, J. Toric P-difference varieties. Sci. China Math. 63, 643–670 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-018-9319-7
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