Self-Organized Criticality and Pattern Emergence through the lens of Tropical Geometry

Tropical Geometry, an established field in pure mathematics, is a place where String Theory, Mirror Symmetry, Computational Algebra, Auction Theory, etc, meet and influence each other. In this paper, we report on our discovery of a tropical model with self-organized criticality (SOC) behavior. Our m...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2018-06
Main Authors: Kalinin, Nikita, Guzmán-Sáenz, Aldo, Prieto, Yulieth, Shkolnikov, Mikhail, Kalinina, Vera, Lupercio, Ernesto
Format: Article
Language:English
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String theory
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Summary:Tropical Geometry, an established field in pure mathematics, is a place where String Theory, Mirror Symmetry, Computational Algebra, Auction Theory, etc, meet and influence each other. In this paper, we report on our discovery of a tropical model with self-organized criticality (SOC) behavior. Our model is continuous, in contrast to all known models of SOC, and is a certain scaling limit of the sandpile model, the first and archetypical model of SOC. We describe how our model is related to pattern formation and proportional growth phenomena, and discuss the dichotomy between continuous and discrete models in several contexts. Our aim in this context is to present an idealized tropical toy-model (cf. Turing reaction-diffusion model), requiring further investigation.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1806.09153