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On matrices with different tropical and Kapranov ranks

Combinatorics 2012-07-20 v1

Abstract

In this note, we generalize the technique developed in [13] and prove that every 5xn matrix of tropical rank at most 3 has Kapranov rank at most 3, for the ground field that contains at least 4 elements. For the ground field either F_2 or F_3, we construct an example of a 5x5 matrix with tropical rank 3 and Kapranov rank 4.

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@article{arxiv.1207.4697,
  title  = {On matrices with different tropical and Kapranov ranks},
  author = {Yaroslav Shitov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.4697},
  year   = {2012}
}
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