On the curvature of the real amoeba
Algebraic Geometry
2011-01-04 v1
Abstract
For a real smooth algebraic curve , the amoeba is the image of under the map Log : . We describe an universal bound for the total curvature of the real amoeba and we prove that this bound is reached if and only if the curve is a simple Harnack curve in the sense of Mikhalkin.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1101.0095,
title = {On the curvature of the real amoeba},
author = {Mikael Passare and Jean-Jacques Risler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.0095},
year = {2011}
}