The tropical Poincar\'e-Hopf theorem

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2023.105733arXiv2007.11642WikidataQ122923099 ScholiaQ122923099MaRDI QIDQ6345653FDOQ6345653

Publication date: 22 July 2020

Abstract: We express the beta invariant of a loopless matroid as tropical self-intersection number of the diagonal of its matroid fan (a "local" Poincar'e-Hopf theorem). This provides another example of uncovering the "geometry" of matroids by expressing their invariants in terms of tropicalised geometric constructions. We also prove a global Poincar'e-Hopf theorem and initiate the study of a more general tropical Lefschetz-Hopf trace formula by proving the two special cases of tropical curves and tropical tori.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of tropical varieties (14T15) Matroids in convex geometry (realizations in the context of convex polytopes, convexity in combinatorial structures, etc.) (52B40) Combinatorial aspects of matroids and geometric lattices (05B35) Products and intersections in homology and cohomology (55N45)

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