Model diagnoses coinfection between malaria and arbovirus in Kedougou.
problem Diagnosing coinfection between malaria and arbovirus in tropical regions.
method Multinomial logistic model using patient data from 2009-2013.
result Derived coinfection probabilities and identified disease-specific symptoms.
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.
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.
Hodge theory applied to tropical curves.
problem Developing Hodge theory for tropical curves.
method Analytical approach using tropical differential forms and L2−cohomologies. result Construction of Hodge theory analog on tropical curves.
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.
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.
Tropical SVM tackles phylogenomics by classifying multi-locus data.
problem Classifying multi-locus data sets for phylogenetic analysis.
method Proposes tropical support vector machines (SVMs) for phylogenomics, formulated as linear programming problems.
result Developed methods for hard and soft margin tropical SVMs, proving necessary and sufficient conditions for separation.
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…
Tropical geometry connects neural networks to rational maps.
problem Characterizing and understanding neural networks.
method Established connections between neural networks and tropical geometry.
result Deep neural networks are exponentially more expressive than shallow ones.
Solves the realizability problem for tropical canonical divisors.
problem Deciding if effective tropical canonical divisors can be realized by smooth curves.
method Using compactifications of strata of abelian differentials and combinatorial conditions.
result Provides a purely combinatorial condition to decide realizability.
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.
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 …
Constructs Lagrangians in Calabi-Yau threefolds using tropical curves.
problem Constructing Lagrangian structures in Calabi-Yau threefolds.
method Tropical curves and toric degeneration techniques.
result Constructs multiple Lagrangian rational homology spheres with specific weights.
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 ψ-class divisors.
Reconstructs tangent bundle of complex projective plane using tropical geometry.
problem Reconstructing the holomorphic tangent bundle of the complex projective plane.
method Introduced tropical Lagrangian multi-section and used it to reconstruct the tangent bundle.
result Performed reconstruction of TP2 from tropical Lagrangian multi-section. 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.
This work uses tropical geometry to understand neural network decision boundaries.
problem Characterizing neural network decision boundaries with piecewise linear activations.
method Tropical geometry applied to a simple neural network model.
result Decision boundaries are a subset of a tropical hypersurface related to a polytope formed by zonotopes.
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 k-differentials. Two tropical gluing formulas help calculate Gromov-Witten invariants.
problem Calculating Gromov-Witten invariants of symplectic manifolds.
method Tropical geometry applied to exploded manifolds.
result Generalizes existing formulas for Gromov-Witten invariants.
Using elementary ideas from Tropical Geometry, we assign a a tropical curve to every q-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…
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.
Paper constructs braid invariants using tropical Ptolemy equation.
problem Constructing invariants of braids.
method Tropical version of the Ptolemy equation.
result Invariants of braids constructed.
To a tropical p-cycle VT in Rn, we naturally associate a normal closed and (p,p)-dimensional current on (C∗)n denoted by Tnp(VT). Such a "tropical current" Tnp(VT) will not be an integration current along any analytic set, si…
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.
New theorem links tropical phased matroids to higher-dimensional spheres.
problem Understanding topological properties of tropical phased matroids.
method Proving homeomorphism between topological order complex and a sphere.
result Topological order complex of tropical phased matroids is a (2n−3)-sphere. 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…
Let Out(Fn) be the outer automorphism group of the free group Fn. It acts properly on the outer space Xn of marked metric graphs, which is a finite-dimensional infinite simplicial complex with some simplicial faces missing. In this paper, we construct complete geodesic metrics and complete piecewise s…
A tropical curve in R3 contributes to Gromov-Witten invariants in all genus. Nevertheless, we present a simple formula for how a given tropical curve contributes to Gromov-Witten invariants when we encode these invariants in a generating function with exponents of λ recording Euler characteristic. Our ma…
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.
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…
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.
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 …
Tropical geometry and weighted lattices improve curve and surface fitting.
problem Fitting max-⋆ tropical curves and surfaces to data. method Max-⋆ algebra, weighted lattices, morphological adjunctions. result Optimal piecewise-linear regression for max-⋆ curves and surfaces. Study of tropical moduli spaces using symmetric Delta-complexes.
problem Understanding the fundamental groups and homology of tropical moduli spaces.
method Develop techniques for symmetric Delta-complexes, apply to moduli spaces of tropical curves.
result Delta_g and Delta_{g,n} are simply connected for positive g.
New model for rational tropical points using sp4-webs and measures.
problem Understanding rational tropical points of Fock-Goncharov moduli space.
method Introducing rational bounded sp4-laminations and defining tropical coordinate systems. result Established a bijection between rational tropical points and sp4-webs. 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.
New approach treats neural networks with piecewise linear activations using tropical geometry.
problem Upper bounds on linear regions of neural networks with ReLU or leaky ReLU activations.
method Treat neural network layers with piecewise linear activations as tropical polynomials, refining upper bounds using tropical geometry.
result Upper bounds on linear regions improved to $\min\left\{ 2^m, \sum_{j=0}^n \binom{m}{j}
ight\}$, where n,m are the number of inputs and outputs, respectively. Geometric model of unbounded sl3 laminations with tropical coordinates.
problem Modeling unbounded laminations in cluster varieties.
method Introducing tropical cluster coordinates and geometric gluing procedures.
result Established a geometric gluing procedure for unbounded sl3 laminations.
In this paper we try to look at the compactification of Teichmuller spaces from a tropical viewpoint. We describe a general construction for the compactification of algebraic varieties, using their amoebas, and we describe the boundary via tropical varieties. When we apply this construction to the Teichmuller spaces we…
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.
A new method STMF improves missing value prediction using tropical semiring.
problem Limited capability of linear models to model complex relations.
method Sparse Tropical Matrix Factorization (STMF) using tropical semiring.
result STMF outperforms NMF on real data, especially in handling extreme values.
Paper generalizes connections between Lagrangian submanifolds and Yang-Mills connections on tropical manifolds.
problem Generalizing connections between Lagrangian submanifolds and Yang-Mills connections on tropical manifolds.
method Proposed data to glue constructions on tropical manifolds, proving the correspondence without simplifying assumptions.
result Generalized correspondence between Lagrangian submanifolds and Yang-Mills connections on tropical manifolds.
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.
Perfect pairing for tropical cycles on integral affine manifolds.
problem Computing period integrals and versality of Calabi-Yau degenerations.
method Introducing a cap product pairing and using simplicial methods for constructible sheaves.
result The pairing is perfect in degree one for symplectic singularities.
Improved neural network predicts tropical storm trajectories and Bayesian intervals.
problem Accurately predicting the trajectories of tropical storms to prevent damage.
method Developed an improved RNN model with dropout to predict Bayesian intervals.
result Neural network dropout values significantly affect prediction accuracy and intervals.
We give a tropical interpretation of Hurwitz numbers extending the one discovered in \cite{CJM}. In addition we treat a generalization of Hurwitz numbers for surfaces with boundary which we call open Hurwitz numbers.
In this paper we give an interpretation to the boundary points of the compactification of the parameter space of convex projective structures on an n-manifold M. These spaces are closed semi-algebraic subsets of the variety of characters of representations of the fundamental group of M in SL_{n+1}(R). The boundary was …
Generalizes results on Bieri-Neumann-Strebel-Renz invariants and tropical varieties.
problem Relationship between Bieri-Neumann-Strebel-Renz invariants and homology jump loci.
method Uses tropical varieties to detect components of homology jump loci and generalizes results to integral coefficients.
result Provides a better upper bound for Bieri-Neumann-Strebel-Renz invariants and classifies Kähler groups.