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Example of a 6-by-6 Matrix with Different Tropical and Kapranov Ranks

Combinatorics 2010-12-30 v1

Abstract

We provide an example of a 6-by-6 matrix with tropical rank equal to 4 and Kapranov rank equal to 5. This answers a question asked by M. Chan, A. Jensen, and E. Rubei.

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@article{arxiv.1012.5507,
  title  = {Example of a 6-by-6 Matrix with Different Tropical and Kapranov Ranks},
  author = {Yaroslav Shitov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.5507},
  year   = {2010}
}