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Fundamentals of Broken Line Convex Geometry

Algebraic Geometry 2026-01-19 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

We develop the fundamentals of a new theory of convex geometry -- which we call "broken line convex geometry". This is a theory of convexity where the ambient space is the rational tropicalization of a cluster variety, as opposed to an ambient vector space. In this theory, line segments are replaced by broken line segments, and we adopt the notion of convexity in [CMN21]. We state and prove broken line convex geometry versions of many standard results from usual convex geometry.

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@article{arxiv.2407.02427,
  title  = {Fundamentals of Broken Line Convex Geometry},
  author = {Juan Bosco Frías-Medina and Timothy Magee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.02427},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

34 pages, 6 figures. Feedback welcome. Minor corrections and additions to version 1