TITLE: Tropical algebraic geometry and its applications
SPEAKER: Bernd Sturmfels [UC Berkeley]
DATE: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., Tuesday April 27, 2004
LOCATION: Pi, 1 L (PA)
HOST: Vinay Deolalikar
ABSTRACT:
Tropical geometry is the geometry of the tropical semiring
(min-plus-algebra). Its objects are polyhedral spaces which behave like
classical geometric objects, such as convex polyhedra and complex algebraic
varieties. We give an elementary introduction to this theory, with an
emphasis on combinatorial aspects and applications to statistical models.
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