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Equations over Polyhedral Semirings

Algebraic Geometry 2024-10-22 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We study the theory of equations in one variable over polyhedral semirings. The article revolves around a notion of solution to a polynomial equation over a polyhedral semiring. Our main results are a characterisation of local solutions in terms of the coefficients, a local-global principle, and the basics of multiplicity and discriminants. Our primary sources of motivation are tropical geometry and the theory of exceptional points in non-Hermitian physics.

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@article{arxiv.2410.15426,
  title  = {Equations over Polyhedral Semirings},
  author = {Madhusudan Manjunath},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.15426},
  year   = {2024}
}
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