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LIB "tropical.lib";
==> Welcome to polymake version
==> Copyright (c) 1997-2015
==> Ewgenij Gawrilow, Michael Joswig (TU Darmstadt)
==> http://www.polymake.org
ring r=(0,t),(x,y),dp;
// the input consists of a list of five points in the plane over Q(t)
list points=list(1/t2,t),list(1/t,t2),list(1,1),list(t,1/t2),list(t2,1/t);
list conic=conicWithTangents(points);
// conic[1] is the list of the given five points
conic[1];
==> [1]:
==>    [1]:
==> 1/(t2)
==>    [2]:
==> (t)
==> [2]:
==>    [1]:
==> 1/(t)
==>    [2]:
==> (t2)
==> [3]:
==>    [1]:
==>       1
==>    [2]:
==>       1
==> [4]:
==>    [1]:
==> (t)
==>    [2]:
==> 1/(t2)
==> [5]:
==>    [1]:
==> (t2)
==>    [2]:
==> 1/(t)
// conic[2] is the equation of the conic f passing through the five points
conic[2];
==> (2t3)*x2+(-t6+t5+2t4+t3+2t2+t-1)*xy+(2t3)*y2+(-t5-2t4-3t3-2t2-t)*x+(-t5-2\
   t4-3t3-2t2-t)*y+(t6+t5+2t4+t3+2t2+t+1)
// conic[3] is a list containing the equations of the tangents
//          through the five points
conic[3];
==> [1]:
==>    (-t7+t6+t5-t4-t3-t2+2t)*x+(-t7+t6-2t5+2t2+t-1)/(t2)*y+(t7+t5-t4+t3-t2-\
   1)/(t)
==> [2]:
==>    (-t8+t7+2t6-2t3+t2-t)*x+(2t6-t5-t4-t3+t2+t-1)/(t)*y+(-t7-t5+t4-t3+t2+1\
   )
==> [3]:
==>    (-t6+2t3-1)*x+(-t6+2t3-1)*y+(2t6-4t3+2)
==> [4]:
==>    (-t7+t6-2t5+2t2+t-1)/(t2)*x+(-t7+t6+t5-t4-t3-t2+2t)*y+(t7+t5-t4+t3-t2-\
   1)/(t)
==> [5]:
==>    (2t6-t5-t4-t3+t2+t-1)/(t)*x+(-t8+t7+2t6-2t3+t2-t)*y+(-t7-t5+t4-t3+t2+1\
   )
// conic[4] is an ideal representing the tropicalisation of the conic f
conic[4];
==> [1]:
==>    2*x+3
==> [2]:
==>    x+y
==> [3]:
==>    2*y+3
==> [4]:
==>    x+1
==> [5]:
==>    y+1
==> [6]:
==>    0
// conic[5] is a list containing the tropicalisation
//          of the five tangents in conic[3]
conic[5];
==> [1]:
==>    [1]:
==>       x+1
==>    [2]:
==>       y-2
==>    [3]:
==>       -1
==> [2]:
==>    [1]:
==>       x+1
==>    [2]:
==>       y-1
==>    [3]:
==>       0
==> [3]:
==>    [1]:
==>       x
==>    [2]:
==>       y
==>    [3]:
==>       0
==> [4]:
==>    [1]:
==>       x-2
==>    [2]:
==>       y+1
==>    [3]:
==>       -1
==> [5]:
==>    [1]:
==>       x-1
==>    [2]:
==>       y+1
==>    [3]:
==>       0
// conic[6] is a list containing the vertices of the tropical conic
conic[6];
==> [1]:
==>    [1]:
==>       -2
==>    [2]:
==>       1
==> [2]:
==>    [1]:
==>       1
==>    [2]:
==>       -2
==> [3]:
==>    [1]:
==>       -1
==>    [2]:
==>       1
==> [4]:
==>    [1]:
==>       1
==>    [2]:
==>       -1
// conic[7] is a list containing the vertices of the five tangents
conic[7];
==> [1]:
==>    [1]:
==>       [1]:
==>          -2
==>       [2]:
==>          1
==> [2]:
==>    [1]:
==>       [1]:
==>          -1
==>       [2]:
==>          1
==> [3]:
==>    [1]:
==>       [1]:
==>          0
==>       [2]:
==>          0
==> [4]:
==>    [1]:
==>       [1]:
==>          1
==>       [2]:
==>          -2
==> [5]:
==>    [1]:
==>       [1]:
==>          1
==>       [2]:
==>          -1
// conic[8] contains the latex code to draw the tropical conic and
//          its tropicalised tangents; it can written in a file, processed and
//          displayed via kghostview
write(":w /tmp/conic.tex",conic[8]);
system("sh","cd /tmp; latex /tmp/conic.tex; dvips /tmp/conic.dvi -o;
kghostview conic.ps &");
==> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.15 (TeX Live 2014) (preloaded\
    format=latex)
==>  restricted \write18 enabled.
==> entering extended mode
==> (/tmp/conic.tex
==> LaTeX2e <2014/05/01>
==> Babel <3.9l> and hyphenation patterns for 2 languages loaded.
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==> Document Class: amsart 2009/07/02 v2.20.1
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==> (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))
==> (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty)
==> (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty))
==> (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsa.fd)
==> (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty))
==> 
==> ! LaTeX Error: File `texdraw.sty' not found.
==> 
==> Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
==> or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
==> 
==> Enter file name: warning: kpathsea: $.sty: Unrecognized variable construc\
   t `$.'.
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==> ! LaTeX Error: File `$.sty' not found.
==> 
==> Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
==> or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
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==> ! Emergency stop.
==> <read *> 
==>          
==> l.3 \begin
==>           {document}^^M
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==> Transcript written on conic.log.
==> This is dvips(k) 5.994 Copyright 2014 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaley\
   e.com)
==> dvips: DVI file can't be opened: /tmp/conic.dvi: No such file or director\
   y
==> 0sh: Zeile 1: kghostview: Kommando nicht gefunden.
==> 
// with an optional argument the same information for the dual conic is computed
//         and saved in conic[9]
conic=conicWithTangents(points,1);
conic[9][2]; // the equation of the dual conic
==> (t6-6t5+11t4-6t3+t2)*x2+(-4t8+8t7-2t6-4t5+6t4-4t3-2t2+8t-4)*xy+(t6-6t5+11\
   t4-6t3+t2)*y2+(-2t7+2t6+4t5-6t4+4t3+2t2-2t)*x+(-2t7+2t6+4t5-6t4+4t3+2t2-2\
   t)*y+(t8-4t7+2t6+8t5-13t4+8t3+2t2-4t+1)
==> > fgets() failed with errno 9