Mixed Volumes of normal complexes

Lauren Novak (University of Washington)

29-Nov-2022, 20:00-21:00 (16 months ago)

Abstract: In 2021, Nathanson and Ross demonstrated that a geometric object called a normal complex is the correct object to unite the algebraic concept of a tropical fan's volume polynomial with an actual geometric volume computation. That same year, expanding on the work of Adiprasito, Huh, and Katz in proving log-concavity in characteristic polynomials of matroids, Amini and Piquerez established that mixed degrees of divisors of certain classes of tropical fans are log-concave. Given that mixed volumes generate log-concave sequences, we develop a definition of mixed volumes of normal complexes and use our theory to establish new techniques for determining log-concavity for mixed degrees of divisors of a broad class of tropical fans.

commutative algebraalgebraic geometrycombinatorics

Audience: researchers in the topic


Matroids - Combinatorics, Algebra and Geometry Seminar

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