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Cellular automata, ultra-discrete dynamical systems

Goal: of tropicalization of discrete systems using (max,+) algebra and applications
 
Supervisor: Stefan Carstea
 
Scheme:
A. Generalities about (max,+) algebra
B. Soliton cellular automata, singularities and Lax formalism

References:
1.  Kaisie Farlow, Max-Plus algebra (https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/d83f4311-824c-4453-ae1d-ef4cd6a35353/content)
2. Tokihiro, T., Takahashi, D., Matsukidaira, J., Satsuma, J.: From soliton equations to integrable cellular through a limiting procedure. Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 3247–3250 (1996)
3. T. Tokihiro, Ultradiscrete systems, in "Discrete Integrable Systems", B. Grammaticos, Y. Kosmann-Schwarzbach, T. Tamizhmani eds., Lecture Notes in Physics 644, Springer 2004.