Mathematics Research Institute

Escuela de Doctorado
Escuela de Doctorado

Introduction to Tropical Geometry

Diane Maclagan (University of Warwick)

Fecha: 23/05/2022 00:00
Fecha de Finalización: 27/05/2022
Lugar: Aulario de la Facultad de Ciencias

Abstract:
Tropical geometry is a combinatorial shadow of algebraic geometry, in which algebraic varieties are replaced by piecewise linear objects that retain core information about the original varieties. This allows techniques from combinatorics, including polyhedral geometry, to be brought to bear on problems from algebraic geometry, and has also allowed new applications of these techniques outside algebraic geometry, and also outside mathematics. This minicourse will give a basic introduction, with minimal prerequisites, to this exciting area.