trop specification

canonical reference for tropical semiring arithmetic: the (min, +) semiring, its matrix algebra, and dual certificate verification.

spec pages

page defines
semiring tropical semiring axioms, (min, +) definition, identity elements, idempotency
matrix tropical matrix multiplication, power, eigenvalue, determinant, rank
kleene Kleene star (tropical closure), A* = I ⊕ A ⊕ ... ⊕ A^(n-1)
eigenvalue tropical eigenvalue, critical cycle, Karp's characterization
determinant tropical determinant, optimal assignment value, tropical rank
dual (max, +) dual semiring, negation duality
verification LP duality certificates for optimality proofs over F_p
encoding F_p ↔ tropical element conversion, +∞ sentinel, matrix serialization
vectors known-answer test values, edge cases

design boundary

trop defines arithmetic. algorithms that use trop arithmetic (Dijkstra, Hungarian, Viterbi, Sinkhorn) are programs that execute on nox with optional jet acceleration. this separation mirrors nebu: nebu defines field ops, not FFT — NTT is a nox program that calls nebu arithmetic.

see also

  • nebu — Goldilocks field (verification backbone)
  • nox — VM (tropical algorithms execute as nox programs)

Dimensions

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