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Does solving polynomial equations commute with tropicalization? (particularly for the field of Puiseux series)

The field of Puiseux series over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero is also an algebraically closed field, and furthermore it has a valuation so that our Puiseux series can be ...
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Can MacLane's notion of universality inform $\mathbb{F}_1$?

MacLane (1939) calls a field $F$ universal if every other field $F'$ of the same cardinality and characteristic as $F$ is a subfield of $F$. He then exhibits an example, viz. a field of generalized ...
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