Clifford’s theorem for metrized complexes

Seminar: 
Algebraic and Tropical Geometry
Event time: 
Friday, April 29, 2016 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
431 DL
Speaker: 
Yoav Len
Speaker affiliation: 
University of Tuebingen
Event description: 

I will show that metrized complexes satisfy a tropical version of Clifford’s theorem. Namely, every metrized complex that carries a divisor of degree 2r and rank r is hyperelliptic. I will then discuss the relation between different definitions of hyperellipticity, and describe the Brill–Noether loci of hyperelliptic metrized complexes.