TML package uses tropical geometry for machine learning tasks.
problem Statistical learning problems.
method Tropical convexity computations, Hit and Run sampler, tropical metrics.
result First R package for tropical geometric machine learning.
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A bit of tropical geometrymath.AG
This friendly introduction to tropical geometry is meant to be accessible to first year students in mathematics. The topics discussed here are basic tropical algebra, tropical plane curves, some tropical intersections, and Viro's patchworking. Each definition is explained with concrete examples and illustrations. To a …
Proves cohomology theorems for tropical varieties.
problem Cohomology of smooth projective tropical varieties.
method Introduces and proves new results in tropical geometry.
result Establishes tropical analogs of three fundamental theorems.
We establish, for the first time, connections between feedforward neural networks with ReLU activation and tropical geometry --- we show that the family of such neural networks is equivalent to the family of tropical rational maps. Among other things, we deduce that feedforward ReLU neural networks with one hidden laye…
Tropical curves match to special Lagrangian shapes.
problem Connecting tropical geometry to special Lagrangian shapes.
method Gluing construction that matches tropical local models to Lagrangian shapes.
result Locally planar tropical curves can be realized as special Lagrangian limits.
New method initializes sigmoidal MLPs for interpretable shapes.
problem Creating interpretable decision boundaries in neural networks.
method Introducing a geometry-aware initialization for sigmoidal multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs) using tropical geometry.
result Sigmoidal MLPs can have decision boundaries aligned with prescribed shapes at initialization.
This survey consists of two parts. Part 1 is devoted to amoebas. These are images of algebraic subvarieties in the complex torus under the logarithmic moment map. The amoebas have essentially piecewise-linear shape if viewed at large. Furthermore, they degenerate to certain piecewise-linear objects called tropical vari…
Homology of tropical fansmath.AG
The paper studies homology of tropical fans and introduces smoothness.
problem Homological properties of tropical fans and smoothness.
method Proposes a notion of smoothness in tropical geometry, proving the Hodge isomorphism theorem.
result Chow rings of smooth unimodular tropical fans are isomorphic to tropical cohomology rings.
We introduce in this paper the concept of tropical mirror hypersurfaces and we prove a complex tropical localization Theorem which is a version of Kapranov's Theorem \cite{K-00} in tropical geometry. We give a geometric and a topological equivalence between coamoebas of complex algebraic hypersurfaces defined by a maxi…
Develops tropical geometry for weighted Hurwitz numbers, generalizing previous results.
problem Understanding weighted Hurwitz numbers across various cases.
method Tropical geometry framework for weighted Hurwitz numbers.
result Generalized structural results for weighted Hurwitz numbers.
We construct from a real affine manifold with singularities (a tropical manifold) a degeneration of Calabi-Yau manifolds. This solves a fundamental problem in mirror symmetry. Furthermore, a striking feature of our approach is that it yields an explicit and canonical order-by-order description of the degeneration via f…
Tropical geometry aids in computing topological quantum field theories.
problem Computing Gromov-Witten invariants using tropical geometry.
method Using mathematical techniques of tropical geometry to compute topological quantum field theories of pseudoholomorphic maps.
result Identifies the tropicalization of localization equations and studies the geometry and symmetries of the theory.
This work tackles the problem of characterizing and understanding the decision boundaries of neural networks with piecewise linear non-linearity activations. We use tropical geometry, a new development in the area of algebraic geometry, to characterize the decision boundaries of a simple network of the form (Affine, Re…
This paper constructs a non-Archimedean Teichmüller space using tropical geometry.
problem Constructing a non-Archimedean analogue of Teichmüller space.
method Using techniques from tropical and logarithmic geometry.
result The skeleton of non-Archimedean Teichmüller space is the tropical Teichmüller space.
These condensed notes treat some basic notions in Tropical Geometry (varieties, cycles, modifications, equivalence). These topics are to be extended, illustrated and included to the upcoming book project http://www.math.toronto.edu/mikha/book.pdf .
Study of algebraic dynamics on Markov cubics in tropical geometry.
problem Understanding the dynamics of Markov cubics over non-archimedean fields.
method Tropicalization and -triangle reflection group on hyperbolic plane.
result Existence of Fatou domain and finitude of orbits with rational points over prime power denominators.
Tropical Geometry and Piecewise-Linear Approximation of Curves and Surfaces on Weighted Latticescs.LG
Tropical Geometry and Mathematical Morphology share the same max-plus and min-plus semiring arithmetic and matrix algebra. In this chapter we summarize some of their main ideas and common (geometric and algebraic) structure, generalize and extend both of them using weighted lattices and a max- algebra with an ar…
Knots and tropical curvesmath.GT
Using elementary ideas from Tropical Geometry, we assign a a tropical curve to every -holonomic sequence of rational functions. In particular, we assign a tropical curve to every knot which is determined by the Jones polynomial of the knot and its parallels. The topical curve explains the relation between the AJ Con…
In this paper, we present a unified study of the moduli space of tropical curves and Outer space which we link via period maps to the moduli space of tropical abelian varieties and the space of positive definite quadratic forms. Our work is a first step towards exhibiting Outer space and the space of positive definite …
The paper provides a combinatorial criterion for realizing tropical pluri-canonical divisors.
problem Determining when a tropical pair corresponds to a smooth algebraic curve with a pluri-canonical divisor.
method Introducing tropical normalized covers and reducing the problem to their realizability.
result Generalizes previous work on tropical canonical divisors and incorporates recent progress on -differentials.
The paper solves Monge-Ampère equations on reflexive polytopes, linking solvability to SYZ conjecture and tropical geometry.
problem Solvability of Monge-Ampère equations on reflexive polytopes.
method Analyzes reflexive polytopes with height functions, proving conditions for Monge-Ampère solvability and linking to SYZ conjecture.
result Conditions for Monge-Ampère solvability are necessary and sufficient, and solvability implies the SYZ conjecture for Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces.
The paper establishes a formula for enumeration of curves of arbitrary genus in toric surfaces. It turns out that such curves can be counted by means of certain lattice paths in the Newton polygon. The formula was announced earlier in http://arxiv.org/abs/math.AG/0209253. The result is established with the help of the …
New invariant links graph structure to tropical curve properties.
problem Understanding graph and curve minor structures.
method Defined Ceresa-Zharkov class for graphs, related to tropical curves.
result Ceresa-Zharkov class is zero for hyperelliptic graphs.
Geometry of hypersurfaces defined by the relation which generalizes classical formula for free energy in terms of microstates is studied. Induced metric, Riemann curvature tensor, Gauss-Kronecker curvature and associated entropy are calculated. Special class of ideal statistical hypersurfaces is analyzed in details. No…
New method uses patchworking to represent oriented matroids.
problem Representing oriented matroids from polyhedral structures.
method Variant of Viro's patchworking, controlled cell merging process.
result Achieved a combinatorial manifestation of patchworking.
Graph kernels for metric graphs using tropical algebra.
problem Comparing graphs representing different metric spaces.
method Purely based on geometry and topology, invariant under edge subdivision.
result Capture complementary geometric and topological information.
Characterizes local tropicalizations of splice type surface singularities.
problem Understanding splice type surface singularities from a tropical geometry perspective.
method Characterization of local tropicalizations as cones over splice diagrams, using tropical methods.
result Characterizes local tropicalizations of splice type surface singularities as cones over associated splice diagrams.
New method for constructing real algebraic surfaces from complex tropical hypersurfaces.
problem Constructing real algebraic surfaces from complex tropical hypersurfaces.
method Non-Abelian patchworking theory.
result The method reproduces all existing isotopy types of surfaces up to degree three.
The restricted Boltzmann machine is a graphical model for binary random variables. Based on a complete bipartite graph separating hidden and observed variables, it is the binary analog to the factor analysis model. We study this graphical model from the perspectives of algebraic statistics and tropical geometry, starti…
Invariants of braids found using shear coordinates in hyperbolic geometry.
problem Finding invariants of braids.
method Using shear coordinates in hyperbolic geometry.
result Developed a method for calculating braids invariants.
Mathematical analysis of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces using hybrid Laplacians.
problem Analyzing the asymptotics of Arakelov Green functions on Riemann surfaces near boundary of moduli spaces.
method Introducing hybrid Laplacian, solving hybrid Poisson equation, and defining hybrid Green functions.
result Layered description of asymptotics of Arakelov Green functions on Riemann surfaces near boundary of their moduli spaces.
New tropical geometry connects handlebodies and outer space.
problem Understanding the relationship between handlebodies and outer space.
method Introducing stable complex handlebodies and constructing a partial compactification.
result Tropicalization of complex handlebodies and its relation to Culler-Vogtmann space.
Introduces new spectral triples for parabolic geometry.
problem Anisotropies and varying orders in parabolic geometry.
method Tangled spectral triples incorporating directional Dirac operators.
result Higher order spectral triples for hypoelliptic complexes and nilpotent group algebras.
We present a new, unifying approach following some recent developments on the complexity of neural networks with piecewise linear activations. We treat neural network layers with piecewise linear activations as tropical polynomials, which generalize polynomials in the so-called or tropical algebra, with pos…
Book teaches how Lagrangian torus fibration base geometry can be read off.
problem Understanding geometry of Lagrangian torus fibrations.
method Integral affine structure on fibration base for total space geometry.
result Read off interesting geometry of total space from base.
Tropical Clemens-Schmid sequence and existence of tropical cycles with a given cohomology classmath.AG
Proves a tropical version of Clemens-Schmid sequence for tropical varieties.
problem Existence of tropical cycles with specific cohomology classes.
method Tropical Hodge theory and Clemens-Schmid sequence analogy.
result Proves tropical Hodge conjecture for rationally triangulable varieties.
We consider the metric space of all toric Kähler metrics on a compact toric manifold; when "looking at it from infinity" (following Gromov), we obtain the tangent cone at infinity, which is parametrized by equivalence classes of complete geodesics. In the present paper, we study the associated limit for the family of m…
Researchers describe a Ceresa class for tropical and topological curves, linking algebraic and cohomological perspectives.
problem Explicitly describe the Ceresa class for non-hyperelliptic curves.
method Combining algebraic, tropical, and topological perspectives, defining the Ceresa class for curves and surfaces.
result The Ceresa class is torsion in all settings: tropical curves, topological surfaces, and smooth algebraic curves over .
We give a generalization of toric symplectic geometry to Poisson manifolds which are symplectic away from a collection of hypersurfaces forming a normal crossing configuration. We introduce the tropical momentum map, which takes values in a generalization of affine space called a log affine manifold. Using this momentu…
Notes for a short lecture series, covering exploded manifolds, the moduli stack of curves in exploded manifolds, and a tropical gluing formula for Gromov-Witten invariants: a gluing formula providing a degeneration formula for Gromov-Witten invariants in normal-crossing degenerations. I gave the original lecture series…
This study connects ReLU neural networks to toric geometry to analyze function realization.
problem Determining which continuous piecewise linear functions can be realized by ReLU neural networks.
method Established a connection between toric geometry and ReLU neural networks, defining key structures like the ReLU fan, toric variety, and Cartier divisor.
result Proved a criterion for functions realizable by unbiased shallow ReLU networks using intersection numbers.
Hodge theory applied to tropical curves.
problem Developing Hodge theory for tropical curves.
method Analytical approach using tropical differential forms and cohomologies.
result Construction of Hodge theory analog on tropical curves.
This paper illustrates a computational approach to Culler-Morgan-Shalen theory using ideal triangulations, spun-normal surfaces and tropical geometry. Certain affine algebraic sets associated to the Whitehead link complement as well as their logarithmic limit sets are computed. The projective solution space of spun-nor…
Proves tropical Hodge theory for smooth projective varieties, conditional on Laplacian regularity.
problem Proving log-concavity of characteristic polynomials of matroids.
method Combinatorial approach, conditional proof of Kähler package.
result Conditional proof of Kähler package for tropical cohomology.
Most data in genome-wide phylogenetic analysis (phylogenomics) is essentially multidimensional, posing a major challenge to human comprehension and computational analysis. Also, we can not directly apply statistical learning models in data science to a set of phylogenetic trees since the space of phylogenetic trees is …
The paper describes a stratification of a compactified Hurwitz space using combinatorial trees.
problem Describing the boundary stratification of a compactified Hurwitz space.
method Using decorated trees to describe the boundary strata and their containment relations.
result The boundary strata of the compactified Hurwitz space are in bijection with decorated trees, and containment is given by edge contraction.
This note is devoted to the definition of moduli spaces of rational tropical curves with n marked points. We show that this space has a structure of a smooth tropical variety of dimension n-3. We define the Deligne-Mumford compactification of this space and tropical -class divisors.
In this paper we construct a compactification for the parameter space of convex projective structures on a fixed n-manifold M. This parameter space is a closed semi-algebraic subset of the variety of characters of representations of the fundamental group of M in SL_{n+1}(R). The boundary is the inverse limit of an inve…