2506.09828
Continuity of the superpotentials and slices of tropical currents
Farhad Babaee, Tien Cuong Dinh
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- math.DS
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- Strong Field
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- Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM
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The uploaded paper proves exactly that for positively weighted tropical cycles C1,C2 in R^d, the tropical-current wedge equals the current of the stable intersection, and the result is balanced of dimension p+q−d (Theorem 5.13) . The wedge product is defined via toric compactifications and is independent of the choice of smooth projective fan, agreeing with Bedford–Taylor in bidegree (1,1) (Propositions 5.9–5.10 and Remark 5.12) . Multiplicities are computed locally by intersecting fibres and counting with lattice index, using the 0-dimensional case (Katz’s index) and slicing to reduce higher-dimensional intersections , while balancedness follows from closedness of the wedge together with the balanced⇔closed correspondence for tropical currents (Theorem 4.3) . The candidate solution reaches the same conclusion by a direct local/fan-displacement argument: (i) a linear-subspace wedge formula TH1∧TH2 equals the index times TH1∩H2; (ii) cellwise computation in the transverse case using Definition 4.2 ; (iii) reduction to stars and generic displacement, matching Definition 3.3 of stable intersection ; and (iv) balancing via wedge-closedness. This is parallel in spirit to the paper but uses different tools (no Monge–Ampère; less superpotential machinery). Minor points that could be clarified in the model write-up include a justification of the averaging/Fubini step in the linear lemma and a brief mention that the wedge is defined as (T⊗S)∧Δ, which explains the bidimension p+q−d . Overall, both are correct; the paper’s proof is via superpotential theory and slicing limits (including the translation continuity step (e^{εb})∗TC1 ∧ TC2 → TC1 ∧ TC2) , whereas the model gives a direct combinatorial–current computation.
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\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions \textbf{Journal Tier:} strong field \textbf{Justification:} The manuscript gives a robust analytic framework for tropical intersections via superpotentials on toric varieties, proving a clean equality between wedges of tropical currents and stable intersections and deriving a ring structure. The arguments are correct and connect to classical and tropical intersection theory. Minor expository additions would enhance readability, especially around the wedge definition in the torus, the local multiplicity computation, and the transverse-to-general reduction.