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SIAM Journal on Applied Algebra and Geometry

In this article, we explore the connections between nonnegativity, the theory of $A$-discriminants, and tropical geometry. For an integral support set $A \subset \mathbb{Z}^n$, we cover the boundary of the sonc-cone by semialgebraic sets that are parametrized by families of tropical hypersurfaces. As an application, we give sufficient conditions for equality between the sonc-cone and the sparse nonnegativity cone for generic support sets, and we describe a semialgebraic stratification of the boundary of the sonc-cone in the univariate case.

The Algebraic Boundary of the Sonc-Cone