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Provenance.Semirings.Tropical

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theorem tropical_order_ge {α : Type u_1} [LinearOrder α] (a b : Tropical α) :

In the tropicalization of a linear order, a ≥ b if and only if a+b = b.

The tropical semiring is an m-semiring. The natural order of the semiring is the reverse of the usual order. The monus a-b is defined as if a≥b (for the usual order, not the natural semiring order), and as a otherwise.

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The tropical semiring over ℕ ∪ {∞} is a semiring with monus.

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The tropical semiring over ℚ ∪ {∞} is a semiring with monus.

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The tropical semiring over ℝ ∪ {∞} is a semiring with monus. Note that this contradicts Geerts & Poggi, On database query languages for K-relations, Example 4 which claims this semiring cannot be extended to a semiring with monus: indeed, that paper gives a wrong definition of the monus operator in the tropical semiring.

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The tropical semiring is absorptive, as long as the order in the addition monoid corresponds to a canonical order (e.g., as in ℕ) -

Times distributes over monus on tropical semirings made of an order strictly compatible with addition, with an additional top element.

The tropical semiring is idempotent -