Original article, Journal of Algebraic Geometry4 (1995),17–50; author-hosted version: arxiv.org/pdf/alg-geom/9210008 . The inspected arXivv3 PDF includes the1993 revision and states the ray-span assumption in section1, the polynomial class grading and irrelevant ideal in section1, and categorical/geometric quotient theorem in section2.
Toric Varieties by David A. Cox and others 2026-11-05
By David A. Cox, John B. Little and Hal Schenck. American Mathematical Society, 2011. Author book page: dacox.people.amherst.edu/toric.html . Consulted draft: web.ma.utexas.edu/users/ikmartin/pages/additional-pages/toric-page/documents/Toric-Varieties_Cox-Little-Schenck.pdf . Chapters 1–3 give cones, normal toric varieties and orbits; chapters 4–6 treat divisors, homogeneous coordinates and line bundles.