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Tropical Geometry - Part 1

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This lecture is part of the 2025 Program for Women+ and Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, featuring Melody Chan from Brown University delivering the first part of the Uhlenbeck Lecture Course on Tropical Geometry. Explore tropical geometry as a modern degeneration technique in algebraic geometry, where families of algebraic varieties are associated with entirely combinatorial limiting objects. Learn about tropical curves, tropical abelian varieties, and their moduli spaces in this one-hour introduction to this beautiful mathematical field. The lecture was presented on May 19, 2025, as part of a specialized mathematics program.

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Uhlenbeck Lecture Course: Tropical Geometry - Part 1 - Melody Chan

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