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tropical semi-module (R d , ⊕, ⊙)<br />

componentwise addition<br />

tropical scalar multiplication<br />

<strong>Tropical</strong> Hypersurfaces<br />

Definition<br />

tropical hypersurface T (F) := vanishing locus of (multi-variate)<br />

tropical polynomial F<br />

Example<br />

F(x) = (7 ⊙ x ⊙3 ) ⊕ (3 ⊙ x) ⊕ 4<br />

T (F) = {−2, 1} ⊂ R 1<br />

(−2,1)<br />

−2 1<br />

7 + 3x<br />

(1,4)<br />

3 + x<br />

4

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