My name is Mikhail Shkolnikov. Here is my thesis under the supervision of Professor Grigory Mikhalkin. {{:these_shkolnikov.pdf}} {{:photo_shkolnikov.png|}} Here is some information about me.\\{{ :cv_mshkolnikov.pdf |}} Name: Mikhail SHKOLNIKOV\\ Date and place of birth: 4 october 1991, Saint-Petersburg, Russia\\ E-mail: mikhail.shkolnikov@gmail.com\\ Scientific interests: Tropical Geometry, Quantum Topology\\ More information can be found in my CV: {{:cv_shkolnikov.pdf|}} And much more in my research statement: {{wiki:research_shkolnikov.pdf|}} You can check how tropical curves (and hypersurfaces, in general) emerge from abelian sandpile models: [[tropicalsand|Tropical curves and sandpiles]] [[start|To home page of Tropical group]]