Description: Tropical geometry is algebraic geometry over the min-plus algebra. This young subject has both established itself as an area of its own right and unveiled its deep connections to numerous branches of pure and applied mathematics. One passes from algebraic geometry to combinatorics, by replacing algebraic varieties over a valued field with polyhedral complexes. This process retains much information about the original varieties. This course offers a systematic introduction to this subject.
FORMAT:
You watch one recorded lecture on or before each weekend.
E-mail me your questions (if any). We discuss that lecture on Monday.
On Wednesday there is a
live lecture on other topics from the same chapter.
On Friday there is a discussion of exercises from that chapter.
Homework:
You solve at least six problems from the exercises
in each chapter. Since there are six chapters, this makes 36 exercises.
Collaboration welcome. Submission by e-mail.
The deadlines are six Sundays. They are listed below.
No late homework, please.
Grading:
We will count
your homework, but also
other contributions. You might
give a lecture or lead an exercise session.
Remember: this is an advanced graduate class.
You set your own goals. You decide whether you reached them.
The professor and peers are your resources.
DAILY SCHEDULE:
Jan 20: Basics and Welcome
Jan 22: Introductions and Software
Jan 25: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 1
Jan 27: 1.5 Implicitization
Jan 29: Exercises from Chapter 1
(led by Yelena Mandelshtam)
Feb 1: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 2
Feb 3: 2.3 Polyhedral Geometry
Feb 5: Exercises from Chapter 1
(led by Kyle Huang)
Feb 7: Homework due for Chapter 1
Feb 8: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 3
Feb 10: 2.6 Tropical Bases
Feb 12: Exercises from Chapter 2
(led by Mara Belotti)
Feb 15: No class
Feb 17: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 4
Feb 19: Exercises from Chapter 2
(led by Eunice Sukarto)
Feb 21: Homework due for Chapter 2
Feb 22: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 5
Feb 24: 3.5 Connectivity and Fans
Feb 26: Exercises from Chapter 3
(led by Yassine El Maazouz)
Mar 1: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 6
Mar 3: 3.6 Stable Intersection (presented by
Maddie Weinstein)
Mar 5: Exercises from Chapter 3
(led by Chiara Meroni)
Mar 7: Homework due for Chapter 3
Mar 8: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 7
Mar 10: 4.1 Hyperplane Arrangements
(presented by
Theodore Coyne)
Mar 12: Exercises from Chapter 4
(led by Mariel Supina)
Mar 15: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 8
Mar 17: 4.2 Matroids (presented by
Andy Zhang)
Mar 19: Exercises from Chapter 4
(led by Shelby Cox)
Mar 28: Homework due for Chapter 4
Mar 29: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 9
Mar 31: 5.1 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (presented by
Eric Jankowski)
Apr 2: Exercises from Chapter 5
Apr 5: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 10
Apr 7: 5.4 Arrangements of Trees
(presented by
Alexander Mcdonough)
Apr 9: Exercises from Chapter 5
(led by Yulia Alexandr)
Apr 11: Homework due for Chapter 5
Apr 12: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 11
Apr 14: 6.4 Tropical Compactifications
(presented by
Yifan Chen)
Apr 16: Exercises from Chapter 6
(led by Adam Dhillon)
Apr 19: Discussion of
recorded lecture # 12
Apr 21: 6.6 Degenerations
(presented by Juliette Bruce)
Apr 23: Exercises from Chapter 6
(led by Hongyi Liu)
Apr 25: Homework due for Chapter 6
Apr 26: 6.7 Intersection Theory (presented by
Xianlong Ni)
Apr 28:
Madeline Brandt speaks on
Tropical Geometry of Curves