Tropical multiplicities from polyvector fields and tropical QFT

event Friday, November 14, 2025
access_time 3:30pm (CST)
room PHSC 1105
free_breakfast Tea at 3:00pm (CST) in PHSC 424

Abstract: It is known that certain counts of tropical curves agree with corresponding counts of algebraic curves, provided the tropical curves are enumerated with certain multiplicities.  In joint work with Helge Ruddat, we develop new techniques to compute these multiplicities using operations on polyvector fields.  Our proof is based on a novel definition of (2-dimensional) tropical quantum field theory.


For more information on this event, please contact Elizabeth Kelley.