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Geometry of tropical curves
Colloquium| Speaker: | Grisha Mikhalkin, Berkeley |
| Location: | 693 Kerr |
| Start time: | Mon, Apr 5 2004, 4:10PM |
Tropical curves result as certain degenerations of Riemann surfaces (namely the maximal degenerations). They are simple piecewise-linear objects and provide an efficient tool for solving many classical enumerative problems in real and complex geometry. The talk will survey tropical curves as well as some of their applications.