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Extremal decompositions of tropical varieties and relations with rigidity theory

Algebraic Geometry 2024-03-04 v1 Combinatorics Metric Geometry

Abstract

Extremality and irreducibility constitute fundamental concepts in mathematics, particularly within tropical geometry. While extremal decomposition is typically computationally hard, this article presents a fast algorithm for identifying the extremal decomposition of tropical varieties with rational balanced weightings. Additionally, we explore connections and applications related to rigidity theory. In particular, we prove that a tropical hypersurface is extremal if and only if it has a unique reciprocal diagram up to homothety.

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@article{arxiv.2403.00655,
  title  = {Extremal decompositions of tropical varieties and relations with rigidity theory},
  author = {Farhad Babaee and Sean Dewar and James Maxwell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.00655},
  year   = {2024}
}

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30 pages, 12 figures