Motivation and Essence of the Term “Tropical Mathematics”статьяИсследовательская статья
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Аннотация:In the present paper, we discuss the notion of tropical mathematics in view of thefact that, up to the present time, there is no generally accepted correct understanding of this notion.The paper presents, rather than mathematical proofs, humanitarian and social justication of thecorrect understanding of the term. The author proposes to describe the term tropical mathematicsby means of a frame based on linguistic, psychological, and cognitive considerations. As an exampleof the new reality to which tropical mathematics can be applied, one can consider the group of therichest men on our planet, say those who appear in the corresponding lists of the American nancialjournal Forbes. Once a person has joined this group, he has reached a dierent state and will havespecial relationships with the rest of the world. To support the claim that tropical mathematics is ina sense fantastic, we shall present some unexpected viewpoints of this science. It will also be shownthat in tropical mathematics such classical mathematical principles as the Duhamel principle or theFredholm alternative remain valid