tropical geometry
Meanings
noun
- A recent branch of geometry that can be described as a piecewise linear version of real algebraic geometry.
Word forms
Etymology
The adjective tropical was chosen by some French mathematicians in honor of the Brazilian pioneer of the field, Imre Simon.
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