tropical geometry

English

Etymology

The adjective tropical was chosen by some French mathematicians in honor of the Brazilian pioneer of the field, Imre Simon.

Noun

tropical geometry (uncountable)

(mathematics) A recent branch of geometry that can be described as a piecewise linear version of real algebraic geometry.

Translations

branch of geometry

Finnish: trooppinen geometria
French: géométrie tropicale f
German: tropische Geometrie f
Italian: geometria tropicale f
Japanese: トロピカル幾何学
Russian: тропи́ческая геоме́трия f (tropíčeskaja geométrija)
Spanish: geometría tropical f

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