# Tropical Mathematics

• Published in 2004
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These are the notes for the Clay Mathematics Institute Senior Scholar Lecture which was delivered by Bernd Sturmfels in Park City, Utah, on July 22, 2004. The topic of this lecture is the tropical approach'' in mathematics, which has gotten a lot of attention recently in combinatorics, algebraic geometry and related fields. It offers an an elementary introduction to this subject, touching upon Arithmetic, Polynomials, Curves, Phylogenetics and Linear Spaces. Each section ends with a suggestion for further research. The bibliography contains numerousreferences for further reading in this field.

## Other information

arxivId
math/0408099
keywords
Algebraic Geometry,Combinatorics
number
July
pages
15

### BibTeX entry

@article{Speyer2004,
abstract = {These are the notes for the Clay Mathematics Institute Senior Scholar Lecture which was delivered by Bernd Sturmfels in Park City, Utah, on July 22, 2004. The topic of this lecture is the tropical approach'' in mathematics, which has gotten a lot of attention recently in combinatorics, algebraic geometry and related fields. It offers an an elementary introduction to this subject, touching upon Arithmetic, Polynomials, Curves, Phylogenetics and Linear Spaces. Each section ends with a suggestion for further research. The bibliography contains numerousreferences for further reading in this field.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {math/0408099},
author = {Speyer, David and Sturmfels, Bernd},
eprint = {math/0408099},
keywords = {Algebraic Geometry,Combinatorics},
month = {aug},
number = {July},
pages = 15,
primaryClass = {math.CO},
title = {Tropical Mathematics},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0408099 http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0408099v1},
year = 2004,
urldate = {2012-02-12},
collections = {Unusual arithmetic,Easily explained}
}