The Maslov dequantization, idempotent and tropical mathematics: A brief introduction

By Grigori L. Litvinov. 2005

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This paper is a brief introduction to idempotent and tropical mathematics. Tropical mathematics can be treated as a result of the so-called Maslov dequantization of the traditional mathematics over numerical fields as the Planck constant $\hbar$ tends to zero taking imaginary values.

Subfields: Algebra and Number Theory, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Geometry and Topology

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