DISCRIMINANT COAMOEBAS IN DIMENSION TWO

作者:Nilsson Lisa*; Passare Mikael
来源:Journal of Commutative Algebra, 2010, 2(4): 447-471.
DOI:10.1216/JCA-2010-2-4-447

摘要

This paper deals with the coamoebas,that is images of algebraic varieties under coornatewise argument mappings. We focus on the case of A-discriminant varieties where A subset of Z(n) has cardinality n + 3 and satisfies a natural genericity hypothesis. We give a very explicit description of the coamoeba as the union of two mirror images of a (possible non-convex) polygon,easily constructed from the Gale transform of A. We also give an area formula for the coamoeba, showing that the coamoeba is intimately related to a certain zonotope. In particular, we show how the coamoeba and this zonotype together yield a covering of the torus with multiplicity equal to the volume of the convex hull of A.

  • 出版日期2010