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Generalising Kapranov's Theorem For Tropical Geometry Over Hyperfields

Algebraic Geometry 2022-10-06 v3

Abstract

Kapranov's theorem is a foundational result in tropical geometry. It states that the set of tropicalisations of points on a hypersurface coincides precisely with the tropical variety of the tropicalisation of the defining polynomial. The aim of this paper is to generalise Kapranov's theorem, replacing the role of a valuation map, from a field to the real numbers union negative infinity, with a more general class of hyperfield homomorphisms, whose target is the tropical hyperfield and satisfy a relative algebraic closure condition. To provide an example of such a hyperfield homomorphism, the map from the complex tropical hyperfield to the tropical hyperfield is investigated. There is a brief outline of sufficient conditions for a hyperfield homomorphism to satisfy the relative algebraic closure condition.

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@article{arxiv.2108.01524,
  title  = {Generalising Kapranov's Theorem For Tropical Geometry Over Hyperfields},
  author = {James Maxwell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.01524},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

22 pages Corrections to Typos. Final section amended, main results unchanged

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