Orders and polytropes: matrix algebras from valuations (Q2170463)

The main part of the paper is a concise exposition of the theory of graduated orders on the space of square matrices with entries in a given valued field. It is based on previous work of Plesken and Zassenhausen, as described in [\textit{W. Plesken}, Group rings of finite groups over \(p\)-adic integers. Berlin etc.: Springer-Verlag (1983; Zbl 0537.20002)]. In addition, the authors provide some further results, which in particular establish connections to tropical geometry and Bruhat-Tits buildings, as well as many detailed examples.