2009/06/01 by David E Speyer, Bernd Sturmfels · 111 citations
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paper · open access · doi:10.1080/0025570x.2009.11953615
published in Mathematics Magazine 82(3), 163-173 (Taylor & Francis)
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These are the notes for the Clay Mathematics Institute Senior Scholar Lecture which was delivered by Bernd Sturmfels in Park City, Utah, on July 22, 2004. The topic of this lecture is the ``tropical approach'' in mathematics, which has gotten a lot of attention recently in combinatorics, algebraic geometry and related fields. It offers an an elementary introduction to this subject, touching upon Arithmetic, Polynomials, Curves, Phylogenetics and Linear Spaces. Each section ends with a suggestion for further research. The bibliography contains numerousreferences for further reading in this field.