We present a class of toric varieties V which, over any algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, are defined by codim V +1 binomial equations.
@article{urn:eudml:doc:41796, title = {Almost set-theoretic complete intersections in characteristic zero.}, journal = {Collectanea Mathematica}, volume = {58}, year = {2007}, pages = {61-72}, zbl = {1125.14028}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/urn:eudml:doc:41796} }
Barile, Margherita. Almost set-theoretic complete intersections in characteristic zero.. Collectanea Mathematica, Tome 58 (2007) pp. 61-72. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/urn:eudml:doc:41796/