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Pascal's Mystic Hexagon In Tropical Geometry, Hanna Hoffman Jan 2020

Pascal's Mystic Hexagon In Tropical Geometry, Hanna Hoffman

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Pascal's mystic hexagon is a theorem from projective geometry. Given six points in the projective plane, we can construct three points by extending opposite sides of the hexagon. These three points are collinear if and only if the six original points lie on a nondegenerate conic. We attempt to prove this theorem in the tropical plane.