Beschreibung
These notes present a polished introduction to tropical geometry and contain some applications of this rapidly developing and attractive subject. It consists of three chapters which complete each other and give a possibility for non-specialists to make the first steps in the subject which is not yet well represented in the literature. The notes are based on a seminar at the Mathematical Research Center in Oberwolfach in October 2004. The intended audience is graduate, post-graduate, and Ph.D. students as well as established researchers in mathematics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface.- 1. Introduction to tropical geometry - Images under the logarithm - Amoebas - Tropical curves.- 2. Patchworking of algebraic varieties - Toric geometry - Viro''s patchworking method - Patchworking of singular algebraic surfaces - Tropicalization in the enumeration of nodal curves.- 3. Applications of tropical geometry to enumerative geometry - Tropical hypersurfaces - Correspondence theorem - Welschinger invariants.- Bibliography.
Autorenporträt
Inhaltsangabeto tropical geometry.- Patchworking of algebraic varieties.- Applications of tropical geometry to enumerative geometry.
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