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--- tutorial:apps_tropical [2017/06/12 13:51] – [Tropical convex hull computations] typo. oroehrig
+++ tutorial:apps_tropical [2017/06/12 18:29] – [Tropical arithmetics] removed faulty polynomial syntax oroehrig
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   * Tropical convex hull computations
   * Tropical cycles and hypersurfaces.
+To use the full palette of tools for tropical geometry, switch to the corresponding application by typing the following in the ''polymake'' shell:
+<code>
+> application 'tropical';
+</code>
 === Disclaimer: Min or Max - you have to choose! ===
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 </code>
-Finally, you can also create tropical polynomials. This can either be done in the [[polynomials_tutorial|usual manner]] or with a special parser:
+Finally, you can also create tropical polynomials. This can be done with the special toTropicalPolynomial parser:
 <code>
-tropical > $r = new Ring<TropicalNumber<Min> >(3); #Tropical polynomial ring in 3 variables
-tropical > ($x, $y, $z) = $r->variables;
-tropical > $p = $x*$x + $y * $z;
-tropical > print $p;
-x0^2 + x1*x2
 tropical > $q = toTropicalPolynomial("min(2a,b+c)");
 tropical > print $q;