Geometry in the tropical limit
Abstract
Complex algebraic varieties become easy piecewise-linear objects after passing to the so-called tropical limit. Geometry of these limiting objects is known as tropical geometry. In this short survey we take a look at motivation and intuition behind this limit and consider a few simple examples of correspondence principle between classical and tropical geometries.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- August 2011
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1108.3111
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1108.3111
- Bibcode:
- 2011arXiv1108.3111I
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry
- E-Print:
- Expanded version of a contribution to the Max-Planck-Society Jahrbuch 2011