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Tropical Weil's reciprocity law and Weil's pairing

Number Theory 2025-10-07 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

The Weil reciprocity law asserts that given two meromorphic functions f,gf, g on a compact complex curve, the product of the values of ff over the roots and poles of gg is equal to the product of the values of gg over the roots and poles of ff. We state and prove a tropical version of this reciprocity; the tropical ideas lead to yet another transparent ``combinatorial'' proof of the classical Weil reciprocity law. Then, we construct a tropical Weil pairing on the set of divisors of degree zero.

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@article{arxiv.2408.06372,
  title  = {Tropical Weil's reciprocity law and Weil's pairing},
  author = {Nikita Kalinin and Matthew Magin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.06372},
  year   = {2025}
}