Tropicalizing binary geometries

Authors

  • S. Cox MPI for Mathematics Leipzig, Germany
  • I. Makhlin Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Keywords:

tropical geometry, cluster varieties, phylogenetic trees, associahedra, binary geometries

Abstract

The type A cluster configuration space, commonly known as M0,n, is the very affine part of the binary geometry associated with the associahedron. The tropicalization of M0,n can be realized as the space of phylogenetic trees and its signed tropicalizations as the dual-associahedron subfans. We give a concise overview of this construction and propose an extension to type C. The type C cluster configuration space MCl arises from the binary geometry associated with the cyclohedron. We define a space of axially symmetric phylogenetic trees containing many dual-associahedron and dual-cyclohedron subfans. We conjecturally realize the tropicalization of MCl as the defined space and its signed tropicalizations as the aforementioned subfans.

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Published

2025-05-23

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