{ "id": "1903.00794", "version": "v1", "published": "2019-03-02T23:55:02.000Z", "updated": "2019-03-02T23:55:02.000Z", "title": "Tropical Dynamics of Area-Preserving Maps", "authors": [ "Simion Filip" ], "comment": "58 pages, 15 figures. Accepted, Journal of Modern Dynamics", "categories": [ "math.DS", "math.AG" ], "abstract": "We consider a class of area-preserving, piecewise affine maps on the 2-sphere. These maps encode degenerating families of K3 surface automorphisms and are profitably studied using techniques from tropical and Berkovich geometries.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2019-03-02T23:55:02.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "37E30", "37P50", "14T05" ], "keywords": [ "area-preserving maps", "tropical dynamics", "maps encode degenerating families", "k3 surface automorphisms", "piecewise affine maps" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 58, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }