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Enumerative aspects of the Gross-Siebert program

Michel Van GarrelD. Peter OverholserHelge Ruddat

subject

Mathematics - Algebraic GeometryFOS: MathematicsAlgebraic Geometry (math.AG)Mathematics::Symplectic GeometryPhysics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics

description

We present enumerative aspects of the Gross-Siebert program in this introductory survey. After sketching the program's main themes and goals, we review the basic definitions and results of logarithmic and tropical geometry. We give examples and a proof for counting algebraic curves via tropical curves. To illustrate an application of tropical geometry and the Gross-Siebert program to mirror symmetry, we discuss the mirror symmetry of the projective plane.

http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.4783