Algebraic hyperbolicity for surfaces in smooth projective toric threefolds with Picard rank 2 and 3

Abstract: Algebraic hyperbolicity serves as a bridge between differential geometry and algebraic geometry. Generally, it is difficult to show that a given projective variety is algebraically hyperbolic. However, it was established recently that a very general surface of degree at least five in projective space is algebraically hyperbolic. We are interested in generalizing the study of surfaces in projective space to surfaces in smooth projective toric threefolds with Picard rank 2 or 3. Following Kleinschmidt and Batyrev, we explore the combinatorial description of smooth projective toric threefolds with Picard rank 2 and 3. We then use Haase and Ilten's method of finding algebraically hyperbolic surfaces in toric threefolds. As a result, we determine many algebraically hyperbolic surfaces in each of these varieties.