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In this section the notion of an amoeba of a variety will be introduced and several examples of such amoebas are given. Then we consider a degenerations process where an amoeba becomes a piecewise-linear object.
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(2009). Introduction to tropical geometry. In: Tropical Algebraic Geometry. Oberwolfach Seminars, vol 35. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0346-0048-4_1
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