An Introduction to Tropical Geometry

Series
Student Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Time
Thursday, September 13, 2018 - 1:30pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Trevor Gunn – Georgia Tech
Organizer
Trevor Gunn
Tropical geometry is a blend of algebraic geometry and polyhedral combinatorics that arises when one looks at algebraic varieties over a valued field. I will give a 50 minute introduction to the subject to highlight some of the key themes.