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Tropicalizing binary geometries

Algebraic Geometry 2025-02-06 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

The type A cluster configuration space, commonly known as M0,n\mathcal M_{0,n}, is the very affine part of the binary geometry associated with the associahedron. The tropicalization of M0,n\mathcal M_{0,n} can be realized as the space of phylogenetic trees and its signed tropicalizations as the dual-associahedron subfans. We give a concise overview of this construction and propose an extension to type C. The type C cluster configuration space MCl\mathcal M_{\mathrm C_l} arises from the binary geometry associated with the cyclohedron. We define a space of axially symmetric phylogenetic trees containing many dual-associahedron and dual-cyclohedron subfans. We conjecturally realize the tropicalization of MCl\mathcal M_{\mathrm C_l} as the defined space and its signed tropicalizations as the aforementioned subfans.

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@article{arxiv.2410.13652,
  title  = {Tropicalizing binary geometries},
  author = {Shelby Cox and Igor Makhlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.13652},
  year   = {2025}
}
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