Toric Resolution

1. Definition des varietes toriques et des morphismes toriques.
2. Eclatements toriques et eclatements en general.
3. Valuations, enonce du theoreme d'uniformisation locale.
4. Algebre de valuation, et son role dans l'uniformisation locale.
5. Problemes ouverts.

References:

1. Kempf, Knudson, Mumford, St. Donat: Toroidal Embeddings. Springer Lecture Notes 339.
2. Oda: Convex bodies and algebraic geometry. Springer 1985.
3. Fulton: Introduction to toric varieties. Annals of Math. Studies 131.
4. Zariski, Samuel: Commutative Algebra, vol. 2.
5. Ewald: Combinatorial convexity and algebraic geometry, Springer Graduate Texts.