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A combinatorial criterion for a toric variety to be projective is given which uses Gale-transforms. Furthermore, classes of nonprojective toric varieties are constructed.
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Ewald, G. Spherical complexes and nonprojective toric varieties. Discrete Comput Geom 1, 115–122 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02187689
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