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Projection onto Polytopes As Tropicalpolytopes as tropical polynomial

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Projection onto Polytopes As Tropical polynomial

Let $C$ be a convex polytope in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with $m$ extremal points. Let $p\in \{1,2\}$.
Can the $\ell^p$-projection $\Pi_C:\mathbb{R}^n\to C$ $$ \Pi_C(x) \in \operatorname{argmin}_{z\in C}\, \|x-z\|_p^p $$ be written as a tropical polynomial $p$? I.e.: $$ p(x) = \Pi_C(x) $$ for all $x\in \mathbb{R}^n$. If so, can we bound the degree of $p$ in terms of the data $(n,m,p)$?