Tropical Deligne-Mumford compactification is a method used in tropical geometry to compactify the moduli space of tropical curves, adding 'boundary points' that correspond to degenerations of these curves. This concept allows mathematicians to better understand the geometry and combinatorial structures of curves in a tropical setting, linking it to classical algebraic geometry and providing a framework for understanding families of curves and their degenerations.
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