gfanTropicalHyperSurface -- the tropical hypersurface of a principal ideal

Synopsis

• Usage:

  F = gfanTropicalHyperSurface(f)

• Inputs:
  • f, a ring element, a polynomial
• Outputs:
  • F, an instance of the type Fan, the tropical hypersurface of the ideal generated by f

Description

i1 : QQ[x,y];

i2 : gfanTropicalHyperSurface(x^2 + x*y)

o2 = (Fan{...1...}, {1})

o2 : Sequence

This program computes the tropical hypersurface defined by a principal ideal. The input is the polynomial ring followed by a set containing just a generator of the ideal.Options:

See also

• gfanTropicalBruteForce -- computes the tropical variety of an ideal