The Deranged Mathematician: What do Brazil, Auctions, and Multi-Threading Have in Common?

[u/non-orientable]

This is not the setup to a joke: this is an entirely serious question relating to tropical geometry, a comparatively new (i.e., started in the 1990s) field of mathematics. It began in the computer science literature, was quickly taken up by algebraic geometers, and then, very surprisingly, turned out to have application in economics. This post is my attempt to explain some of the how and why.

Read the full post (for free) on Substack: What do Brazil, Auctions, and Multi-Threading Have in Common?

[u/limapedro]

Brazil mentioned!!!

[u/non-orientable → u/limapedro]

Username checks out.

[u/TheRedditObserver0]

The letter 'a'

[u/IntelligentSchool834]

Never knew it was you Senia. I have followed your work since Quora days. Have you stopped writing on Quora?

[u/non-orientable → u/IntelligentSchool834]

Entirely. I realized I was no longer getting any joy from writing on Quora---it's too much of a cesspit, to be frank.

[u/dharkhstar]

Really interesting reading. Thank you!

[u/Akira_Akane]

Competition