Tropical Curves
Max-plus algebra: the geometry of optimization
Tropical Line
Tropical Conic
Tropical Cubic
Amoeba
Max-Plus Calc
a:
0
b:
0
c:
0
f(x,y) = max(x+a, y+b, c) = 0 in tropical sense
A tropical line is the set where the maximum is achieved at least twice. It always has exactly one vertex and three rays.