The tropical discriminant is a union of cones in the secondary fan

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Let AA be a point configuration, let XA∗X_A^* be its AA-discriminant variety, let τ(XA∗)\tau(X_A^*) be the tropical discriminant, and let Σ(A)\Sigma(A) be the secondary fan parametrizing the regular polyhedral subdivisions of AA. For w∈τ(XA∗)w\in\tau(X_A^*), denote by Πw\Pi_w the regular subdivision specified by ww.

Tropical discriminant conjecture. For any point configuration AA, the tropical discriminant τ(XA∗)\tau(X_A^*) is a union of cones in the secondary fan Σ(A)\Sigma(A).

In the non-defective case, the AA-discriminant divides the principal AA-determinant, so the tropical discriminant is a subfan of the secondary fan. The conjecture asserts that membership in the tropical discriminant depends only on the regular subdivision determined by ww, even in the defective case.

References

Primary source

Alicia Dickenstein, Eva Maria Feichtner and Bernd Sturmfels, “Tropical Discriminants”, arXiv:math/0510126 (2007).

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