Categorical notions of layered tropical algebra and geometry

Zur Izhakian, Manfred Knebusch, Louis Rowen

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Abstract

This paper supplements [17], showing that categorically the layered theory is the same as the theory of ordered monoids (e.g. the max-plus algebra) used in tropical mathematics. A layered theory is developed in the context of categories, together with a "tropicalization functor" which permits us to pass from usual algebraic geometry to the tropical world. We consider tropical varieties from this categorical viewpoint, with emphasis on polynomial functions and their roots.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationAlgebraic and combinatorial aspects of tropical geometry
PublisherAmer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI
Pages191-234
Number of pages44
Volume589
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Publication series

NameContemp. Math.
PublisherAmer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI

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