Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 152 2 a ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
The fan of the affine line consists of the zero cone and . Under and , the four primitive source rays map asEvery cone of the source fan consequently maps into . The defining criterion for a toric morphism is satisfied, so inducesUnder the blowup description from part (i), this is the blowup map followed by the projection .