Schottky algorithms: Classical meets tropical
Lynn Chua, Mario Kummer, Bernd Sturmfels · Mathematics of Computation · 2018
We present a new perspective on the Schottky problem that links numerical computing with tropical geometry. The task is to decide whether a symmetric matrix defines a Jacobian, and, if so, to compute the curve and its canonical embedding. We offer solutions and their implementations in genus four, both classically and tropically. The locus of cographic matroids arises from tropicalizing the Schottky–Igusa modular form.