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In the late 1960s matroid theorists asked for a more general notion that shares the different aspects of finite matroids and generalizes their duality. Many notions of infinite matroids were defined in response to this challenge, but the question remained open. One of the approaches examined by D.A.
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In his seminal paper, Whitney provided two axioms for independence, and defined any structure adhering to these axioms to be "matroids". His key observation was that these axioms provide an abstraction of "independence" that is common to both graphs and matrices. Because of this, many of the terms
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The dependent sets, the bases, or the circuits of a matroid characterize the matroid completely: a set is independent if and only if it is not dependent, if and only if it is a subset of a basis, and if and only if it does not contain a circuit. The collections of dependent sets, of bases, and of
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The theory of infinite matroids is much more complicated than that of finite matroids and forms a subject of its own. For a long time, one of the difficulties has been that there were many reasonable and useful definitions, none of which appeared to capture all the important aspects of finite
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is finite. This theory is similar to that of finite matroids except for the failure of duality due to the fact that the dual of an infinite matroid of finite rank does not have finite rank. Finite-rank matroids include any subsets of finite-dimensional vector spaces and of
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of two or more matroids on the same ground set is the family of sets that are simultaneously independent in each of the matroids. The problem of finding the largest set, or the maximum weighted set, in the intersection of two matroids can be found in
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with seven points (the seven elements of the matroid) and seven lines (the proper nontrivial flats of the matroid). It is a linear matroid whose elements may be described as the seven nonzero points in a three dimensional vector space over the
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There is one technical difference: A column matroid can have distinct elements that are the same vector, but a vector matroid as defined above cannot. Usually this difference is insignificant and can be ignored, but by letting
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A signed graph, whose edges are labeled by signs, and a gain graph, which is a graph whose edges are labeled orientably from a group, each give rise to a biased graph and therefore have frame and lift matroids.
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is to find as many disjoint spanning sets as possible. Both can be solved in polynomial time, and can be generalized to the problem of computing the rank or finding an independent set in a matroid sum.
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every element is a coloop (an element that belongs to all bases). The direct sum of matroids of these two types is a partition matroid in which every element is a loop or a coloop; it is called a
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Matroid theory developed mainly out of a deep examination of the properties of independence and dimension in vector spaces. There are two ways to present the matroids defined in this way:
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if it is representable over the real numbers. For instance, although a graphic matroid (see below) is presented in terms of a graph, it is also representable by vectors over any field.
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is neither a loop nor a coloop. An invariant of matroids (i.e., a function that takes the same value on isomorphic matroids) satisfying this recursion and the multiplicative condition
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for its rank, meaning that the addition of any other element to the set would increase the rank. The closed sets of a matroid are characterized by a covering partition property:
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The Matroid Minors Project is an attempt to duplicate, for matroids that are representable over a finite field, the success of the Robertson–Seymour Graph Minors Project (see
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of sets, closed under taking subsets, has the property that, no matter how the sets are weighted, the greedy algorithm finds a maximum-weight set in the family, then
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generalizes the characteristic polynomial to two variables. This gives it more combinatorial interpretations, and also gives it the duality property
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Minty, George J. (1966). "On the axiomatic foundations of the theories of directed linear graphs, electrical networks and network-programming".
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matroid theory. For instance, it seemed to be hard to have bases, circuits, and duality together in one notion of infinite matroids.
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A matroid that cannot be written as the direct sum of two nonempty matroids, or equivalently that has no proper separators, is called
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became the foremost figure in matroid theory, a position he retained for many years. His contributions were plentiful, including
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by deleting all loops and deleting one element from each 2-element circuit until no 2 element circuits remain is called a
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is the number of bases. This, which sums over fewer subsets but has more complicated terms, was Tutte's original definition.
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The flats of this matroid correspond one-for-one with the elements of the lattice; the flat corresponding to lattice element
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which equals the number of edges outside a maximal forest of that subgraph, and also the number of independent cycles in it.
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The first three of these properties are the defining properties of a closure operator. The fourth is sometimes called the
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is a non-empty separator that contains no other non-empty separator. The irreducible separators partition the ground set
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of hyperplanes of a matroid has the following properties, which may be taken as yet another axiomatization of matroids:
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circuits each have simple properties that may be taken as axioms for a matroid. For instance, one may define a matroid
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There is a further definition in terms of recursion by deletion and contraction. The deletion-contraction identity is
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From this definition it is easy to see that the characteristic polynomial is, up to a simple factor, an evaluation of
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if it has no circuits consisting of 1 or 2 elements. That is, it has no loops and no parallel elements. The term
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on its set of columns. The dependent sets of columns in the matroid are those that are linearly dependent as vectors.
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An important example of a matroid defined in this way is the Fano matroid, a rank three matroid derived from the
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In linear algebra, this corresponds to looking at the quotient space by the linear space generated by the vectors in
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which are so complicated that later theorists have gone to great trouble to eliminate the need for them in proofs.
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Another definition is in terms of internal and external activities and a sum over bases, reflecting the fact that
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Several important combinatorial optimization problems can be solved efficiently on every matroid. In particular:
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of a graph is defined by calling a set of edges independent if every connected subset contains at most one cycle.
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Geelen, J. F.; Gerards, A. M. H.; Kapoor, A. (2000). "The excluded minors for GF(4)-representable matroids".
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A basic problem in matroid theory is to characterize the matroids that may be represented over a given field
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every element is a loop (an element that does not belong to any independent set), and in the uniform matroid
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noted similarities between algebraic and linear dependence in his classic textbook on Modern Algebra.
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A matroid that is equivalent to a vector matroid, although it may be presented differently, is called
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If every cycle belongs to the distinguished class, these matroids coincide with the cycle matroid of
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and was studied by Higgs, Oxley, and others in the 1960s and 1970s. According to a recent result by
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Almost immediately after Whitney first wrote about matroids, an important article was written by
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The dual can be described equally well in terms of other ways to define a matroid. For instance:
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In linear algebra, this corresponds to restricting to the subspace generated by the vectors in
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Applications of matroid theory and combinatorial optimization to information and coding theory
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Bruhn, Henning; Diestel, Reinhard; Kriesell, Matthias; Pendavingh, Rudi; Wollan, Paul (2013).
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By the 1980s there were many other important contributors, but one should not omit to mention
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of all the elements of the matroid. An equivalent definition is that a coatom is a subset of
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is disconnected, or empty, or a loop. Otherwise it depends only on the lattice of flats of
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is to partition the elements of a matroid into as few independent sets as possible, and the
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These properties can be used as one of the alternative definitions of a finite matroid: If
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of the first and second kind, which are the Whitney numbers of the cycle matroid of the
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For instance, the Fano matroid can be represented in this way as a 3 × 7
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generalized to matroids Tutte's "dichromate", a graphic polynomial now known as the
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developed further theory under the name "independence systems" with an eye towards
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It is a basic result of matroid theory, directly analogous to a similar theorem of
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Combinatorial Optimization — Eureka, You Shrink!: Papers dedicated to Jack Edmonds
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to an irreducible separator is a component. A separator is a union of components.
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There are two especially significant polynomials associated to a finite matroid
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are precisely the results of a sequence of deletions: the order is irrelevant.
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is the simplest example of a matroid that is not representable over any field.
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The next simplest infinite generalization is finitary matroids, also known as
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summed over flats of the right rank. These numbers alternate in sign, so that
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if it, or a matroid that contains it, has a basis such that all the points of
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Matroid Theory and its Applications in Electric Network Theory and in Statics
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is the matroid whose underlying set is the union (not the disjoint union) of
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The validity of the independent set axioms for this matroid follows from the
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Vámos, Peter (1978). "The missing axiom of matroid theory is lost forever".
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A lost mathematician, Takeo Nakasawa: The forgotten father of matroid theory
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Examples are linear dependence of arbitrary subsets of infinite-dimensional
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is any field), the characteristic polynomial of the arrangement is given by
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did not include an axiom requiring at least one subset to be independent.
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used in matroid theory resemble the terms for their analogous concepts in
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Kingan, Robert; Kingan, Sandra (2005). "A software system for matroids".
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of the matroid and the sum is taken over all the flats A of the matroid.
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of the bipartition, and the independent subsets are sets of endpoints of
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In the current period (since around 2000) the Matroid Minors Project of
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satisfies these properties, then the independent sets of a matroid over
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is a standard source for basic definitions and results about matroids;
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The dual of a transversal matroid is a strict gammoid and vice versa.
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Thus, the lattice of flats of this matroid is naturally isomorphic to
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The first two properties define a combinatorial structure known as an
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The cycle matroid of a graph is the dual matroid of its bond matroid.
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On the Foundations of Combinatorial Theory: Combinatorial geometries
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by a sequence of restriction and contraction operations is called a
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A matroid that is equivalent to a matroid of this kind is called an
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Equivalently, every dependent set contains a finite dependent set.
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Two standalone systems for calculations with matroids are Kingan's
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The dual of a vector matroid representable over a particular field
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There are some standard ways to make new matroids out of old ones.
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of vectors one brings the two definitions into complete agreement.
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to an irreducible separator, and contrariwise, the restriction of
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of a matroid is the size of its smallest circuit or dependent set.
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Combinatorics, Complexity, and Chance: A tribute to Dominic Welsh
12079:, pp. 7–9), Section 1.2, "Axiom Systems for a Matroid". 11327: 8946:, which means that isomorphic matroids have the same polynomial. 6550: 6183:
is a matroid that is representable over all possible fields. The
1542: 31: 10856:{\displaystyle p_{M}(\lambda )=(-1)^{r(M)}T_{M}(1-\lambda ,0)~.} 8926:
has a package for dealing with matroids since the version 2024.
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The beta invariant is non-negative, and is zero if and only if
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and consider a set of edges independent if and only if it is a
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It is the minimum number of elements that must be removed from
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Matroid theory borrows extensively from the terms used in both
12568: 11339: 8700:. A matroid is connected if and only if its dual is connected. 8552:
is also used. A simple matroid obtained from another matroid
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The simplest definition of an infinite matroid is to require
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are contained in the lines that join pairs of basis elements.
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is a matroid that can be defined in this way, we say the set
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From the first inequality it follows more generally that, if
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have the same number of elements. This number is called the
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are two independent sets (i.e., each set is independent) and
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This expresses the Tutte polynomial as an evaluation of the
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if all of its circuits have size at least equal to its rank.
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matroids that do not belong to the family; these are called
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defines the independent sets of a matroid. It is called the
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is a structure that abstracts and generalizes the notion of
13566:(1935). "On the abstract properties of linear dependence". 11784:
Mathematicians who pioneered the study of matroids include
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Kashyap, Navin; Soljanin, Emina; Vontobel, Pascal (2009).
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published the first comprehensive book on matroid theory.
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which implies a number of dualities between properties of
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as its class of independent sets, is a matroid called the
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provides an example of a matroid that is not algebraic.
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Graphic matroids have been generalized to matroids from
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All uniform matroids of rank at least 2 are simple (see
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Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards
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or equivalently (as long as the empty set is closed in
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Other matroids on graphs were discovered subsequently:
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A second original source for the theory of matroids is
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by taking the same underlying set and calling a set a
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to be independent if and only if it is independent in
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The dual operation of restriction is contraction. If
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and the tools he used to prove many of his results:
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in the characteristic polynomial. Specifically, the
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must be the family of independent sets of a matroid.
6160:. The main results so far are characterizations of 1886:{\displaystyle r(A)\leq r(A\cup \{x\})\leq r(A)+1~.} 1537:
of the matroid, which has the following properties:
76: 70: 67: 12802: 12634:. London, UK & New York, NY: Chapman and Hall. 11568:can be extended to a maximal independent subset of 8066:whose independent sets are the independent sets of 6418:be two distinguished sets of vertices. In the set 6173: 5036:are the circuit and cocircuit classes of a matroid 2867:{\displaystyle X\subseteq \operatorname {cl} (X)~.} 61: 58: 13529: 13490: 13455: 13431:. L.M.S. Monographs. Vol. 8. Academic Press. 13160: 13078:Nishimura, Hirokazu; Kuroda, Susumu, eds. (2009). 12005: – Group-theoretic generalization of matroids 11970:) of Tutte's characterization of regular matroids. 11924: 11589: 11560: 11534: 11508: 11479: 11441: 11403: 11377: 11352:Every subset of an independent set is independent. 11289: 11146: 11110: 11070: 10995: 10972: 10893: 10855: 10748: 10712: 10562: 10396: 10363: 10340: 10254: 10165: 10145: 10109: 10083: 10036: 9972: 9879: 9837: 9801: 9781: 9761: 9730: 9673: 9653: 9627: 9604: 9475: 9384: 9201: 9084: 8886:can be expressed as a problem of intersecting two 8806: 8778: 8659: 8497:An element that belongs to no circuit is called a 8484:An element that forms a single-element circuit of 8237: 7996: 7970: 7950: 7920: 7896: 7876: 7849: 7747: 7721: 7690: 7664: 7631: 7605: 7578: 7551: 7525: 7494: 7458: 7411: 7371: 7338: 7318: 7295: 7275: 7255: 7235: 7215: 7195: 7151: 7121: 7088: 7058: 7038: 7018: 6976: 6950: 6930: 6910: 6890: 6870: 6828: 6802: 6769: 6731: 6711: 6662: 6642: 6590: 6570: 6540: 6520: 6500: 6480: 6450: 6430: 6410: 6390: 6370: 6324: 6287: 6267: 6247: 6218: 6144: 6117: 6095: 6071: 6051: 6028: 5989: 5966: 5946: 5918: 5894: 5836: 5806: 5786: 5755: 5725: 5705: 5685: 5665: 5636: 5576: 5552: 5513: 5463: 5443: 5419: 5380: 5360: 5340: 5308: 5286: 5265: 5241: 5221: 5193: 5169: 5149: 5112: 5074: 5048: 5028: 5008: 4988: 4968: 4945: 4901: 4875: 4837: 4811: 4779: 4747: 4722: 4702: 4677: 4652: 4628: 4608: 4588: 4568: 4515: 4459: 4429: 4391: 4355: 4320: 4288: 4264: 4244: 4220: 4185: 4153: 4127: 4093: 4070: 4017: 3994: 3921: 3892: 3868: 3848: 3820: 3783: 3763: 3743: 3723: 3697: 3677: 3654: 3634: 3608: 3583: 3557: 3537: 3512: 3472:that obeys these properties determines a matroid. 3464: 3392: 3318: 3250: 3224: 3204: 3184: 3164: 3140: 3085: 3053: 3033: 3013: 2989: 2916: 2890: 2866: 2823: 2797: 2769: 2745: 2681: 2561: 2541: 2521: 2482: 2462: 2439: 2411: 2387: 2343: 2317: 2297: 2277: 2257: 2227: 2179: 2139: 2088: 2068: 2048: 2028: 1988: 1923: 1885: 1802: 1776: 1747: 1655: 1619: 1568: 1529: 1495: 1475: 1445: 1419: 1399: 1379: 1359: 1339: 1313: 1292: 1259: 1227: 1211:. It follows from this property that no member of 1196: 1130: 1098: 1060: 1036: 1016: 991: 959: 936: 912: 892: 856: 828: 808: 780: 756: 722: 692: 652: 622: 590: 558: 532: 512: 492: 459: 418: 388: 341: 293: 265: 233: 213: 171: 13318:Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 12876:Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 12659:Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 11190:. A matroid with possibly infinite ground set is 10176:The Whitney numbers of both kinds generalize the 7163: 3880:under the following closure operator: for a set 2668: 2599: 13869: 10117:are the numbers of flats of each rank. That is, 9476:{\displaystyle \beta (M)=(-1)^{r(M)-1}p_{M}'(1)} 8412:be a matroid with an underlying set of elements 8309:be a matroid with an underlying set of elements 6156:describes a possible characterization for every 4755:is represented as the disjoint union of subsets 4516:{\displaystyle (Y\cap Z)\cup \{x\}\subseteq X~.} 3480:A set whose closure equals itself is said to be 2151:, such a matroid structure is equivalent to the 13414: 13077: 12553: 11758:play such an important role in matroid theory. 11746:'s decomposition theorem for regular matroids ( 11644: 11617: 5587: 13811:— Gives proofs for statements in this article. 12654:"A decomposition for combinatorial geometries" 12011: – Set system used in greedy optimization 8914:Both open source mathematics software systems 342:{\displaystyle \emptyset \in {\mathcal {I}}~.} 12623: 12017: – Abstraction of ordered linear algebra 11694:the theory of chain groups and their matroids 11600:With these axioms, every matroid has a dual. 8249:, together with the images of the vectors in 7729:if and only if its complement is a coatom in 7168:A third original source of matroid theory is 6190: 2661: 2639: 2285:to obtain an independent set. The nullity of 723:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {I}}\neq \emptyset } 104:, a finite simple matroid is equivalent to a 27:Abstraction of linear independence of vectors 13032: 12905: 12124:Notices of the American Mathematical Society 12045: 11689:the regular-matroid representability theorem 11516:of the base space, every independent subset 11471: 11465: 10341:{\displaystyle T_{M^{*}}(x,y)=T_{M}(y,x)\ ,} 9964: 9922: 8949: 8392:, but that assumption is not essential. If 7533:if and only if its complement is a basis in 4956:He proved that there is a matroid for which 4806: 4800: 4498: 4492: 4059: 4035: 3983: 3956: 3360: 3354: 3292: 3286: 2656: 2650: 1850: 1844: 1175: 1169: 1160: 1154: 617: 611: 13828:(academic personal site). Baton Rouge, LA: 12268: 12266: 9293:, the characteristic polynomial equals the 8400:are disjoint, the union is the direct sum. 8384:. Usually the term "union" is applied when 8333:is the matroid whose underlying set is the 7133:of the subgraph induced on the edge subset 6845:form the bases of the two dimensional 5157:be a finite set. The set of all subsets of 4996:is the class of cocircuits. Conversely, if 389:{\displaystyle A'\subseteq A\subseteq E\ ,} 159:In terms of independence, a finite matroid 13776:(academic personal site). Binghamton, NY: 13757:(academic personal site). Boca Raton, FL: 13395:Journal of the London Mathematical Society 13209: 12510: 12508: 12495: 12493: 12456: 12454: 12331: 12329: 12050: 11616:, whose work was forgotten for many years 11612:. It was also independently discovered by 11442:{\displaystyle \ x\in J\smallsetminus I\ } 11318:Finitary infinite matroids are studied in 10404:One definition of the Tutte polynomial is 9887:and is the sum of Möbius function values: 8573:A union of circuits is sometimes called a 1924:{\displaystyle A\subseteq B\subseteq E\ ,} 1407:can be defined by considering a subset of 13671: 13652: 13643: 13589: 13330: 13261: 13251: 12888: 12859: 12775: 12722: 12671: 12648: 12598: 12588: 12398: 12314: 12278: 11827:Some of the other major contributors are 11726: 9731:{\displaystyle \beta (M)=\beta (M^{*})~.} 9268:is the number of connected components of 6036:is equivalent to a vector matroid over a 5431:). The uniform matroid of rank 2 on 4946:{\displaystyle g\in Y\subseteq B\cup G~.} 3492:of the matroid. A set is closed if it is 1099:{\displaystyle a\in A\smallsetminus B\ ,} 13278: 12868: 12370: 12368: 12302: 12290: 12263: 12251: 12239: 12191: 12169: 12167: 12154: 12152: 12099: 12097: 11751: 11345:The independence axioms are as follows: 10192:, the (co)founder of matroid theory, by 8929: 8317:be another matroid on an underlying set 6164:(those representable over GF(2)) due to 5607: 5591: 4685:(called a "cocircuit") contains another, 4071:{\displaystyle \{x\in E\mid x\leq y\}~.} 1989:{\displaystyle r(A)\leq r(B)\leq r(E)~.} 840:are cycles in the corresponding graphs. 13798:(academic personal site). Seattle, WA: 13619: 13562: 13228: 13128:. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 12975: 12871:"Varieties of combinatorial geometries" 12843: 12762: 12532: 12520: 12505: 12490: 12478: 12466: 12451: 12380: 12326: 12227: 12057:Kashyap, Soljanin & Vontobel (2009) 12039: 11967: 11946: 11766: 11754:, showed why projective geometries and 11747: 11636: 11609: 11071:{\displaystyle F(M\oplus M')=F(M)F(M')} 8168:, is the matroid on the underlying set 7466:is a finite matroid, we can define the 4876:{\displaystyle g\in X\subseteq R\cup G} 14: 13870: 13838: 13527: 13377:Introduction to the Theory of Matroids 13158: 12869:Kahn, Jeff; Kung, Joseph P.S. (1982). 12526: 12179: 12139: 12137: 12135: 12133: 12072: 12070: 12068: 12066: 12064: 11359:(under set inclusion) independent set 9769:are the coefficients of the powers of 8238:{\displaystyle r'(A)=r(A\cup T)-r(T).} 7433: 5122:self-dual cryptomorphic axiomatization 5120:is a graphoid. Thus, graphoids give a 4660:(called a "circuit") contains another, 4232:(H1) There do not exist distinct sets 2522:{\displaystyle \operatorname {cl} (A)} 1131:{\displaystyle b\in B\smallsetminus A} 591:{\displaystyle x\in A\smallsetminus B} 460:{\displaystyle A'\in {\mathcal {I}}~.} 13786: 13488: 13453: 13426: 13391: 13371: 13355: 13307: 13120: 13009: 12688: 12538: 12514: 12499: 12484: 12472: 12460: 12421: 12409: 12386: 12374: 12365: 12359: 12353: 12347: 12335: 12320: 12308: 12296: 12284: 12272: 12257: 12245: 12233: 12221: 12215: 12209: 12203: 12197: 12185: 12173: 12164: 12158: 12149: 12143: 12103: 12094: 12088: 12076: 12023: – Multiset analogue of matroids 11895: 11886: 11882: 11722: 11712: 11307:(but not infinite dependencies as in 10037:{\displaystyle (-1)^{i}w_{i}(M)>0} 7179:of a field gives rise to a matroid: 6849:, a matroid defined in the theory of 6739:of cycles, known as a "biased graph" 5428: 4730:intersect in exactly one element, and 4392:{\displaystyle Y,Z\in {\mathcal {H}}} 1235:can be a proper subset of any other. 733: 214:{\displaystyle (E,{\mathcal {I}})\ ,} 18:Characteristic polynomial of matroids 13613: 13013:Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics 12934: 12631:Independence Theory in Combinatorics 12415: 12403: 12341: 11157: 8829:maximum-weight independent set in a 8717:. A component is the restriction of 8705:A maximal irreducible submatroid of 8074:. Its circuits are the circuits of 7884:is a graphic matroid if and only if 7672:if and only if its complement spans 6358:In any directed or undirected graph 6299:; that is, if it does not contain a 5316:to be a basis. This is known as the 3836:. Conversely, every matroid lattice 2422: 1457:and about the rank of any subset of 13234:"Decomposition of regular matroids" 13071:Mathematical Association of America 12851:Linear Algebra and Its Applications 12130: 12061: 11118:of a graph is the Tutte polynomial 10203: 9392:as an evaluation of the derivative 8898: 8510:Loop and coloops are mutually dual. 8403: 7559:It is not difficult to verify that 6336:. Matroids derived in this way are 6174:Geelen, Gerards & Kapoor (2000) 5596:The Fano matroid, derived from the 5204: 4616:are classes of nonempty subsets of 4460:{\displaystyle X\in {\mathcal {H}}} 419:{\displaystyle A\in {\mathcal {I}}} 154: 151:ways to define a (finite) matroid. 24: 13767: 13724: 13655:"Frame matroids and biased graphs" 10973:{\displaystyle F(M)=F(M-e)+F(M/e)} 10095:Whitney numbers of the second kind 10084:{\displaystyle 0\leq i\leq r(M)~.} 9931: 9740: 9147: 8431:. Its elements may be called the 8300: 7860:According to a matroid version of 7586:is a matroid and that the dual of 6719:with a distinguished linear class 5713:by taking the independent sets of 4819:(a singleton set), then either an 4452: 4430:{\displaystyle x\notin Y\cup Z\ ,} 4384: 4281: 4213: 3804: 3448: 3429: 2762: 2729: 2710: 1247:, that any two bases of a matroid 1220: 1183: 1053: 984: 929: 893:{\displaystyle (E,{\mathcal {B}})} 882: 764:that is not independent is called 717: 709: 639: 446: 411: 328: 320: 258: 197: 25: 13899: 13816: 13748: 13698: 11945:Although it was perhaps implied, 11894:See the appendix by Brylawski in 11608:Matroid theory was introduced by 11236: there is a finite set  9880:{\displaystyle \lambda ^{r(M)-i}} 9747:Whitney numbers of the first kind 9359: 8082:and its rank function is that of 7759:The rank function of the dual is 5848:Matroids of this kind are called 3821:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}(M)} 3642:is in precisely one of the flats 3635:{\displaystyle E\smallsetminus S} 2781:, with the following properties: 1238: 1207:This property (B2) is called the 971:, with the following properties: 816:is a minimal dependent subset of 666:independent set exchange property 305:) with the following properties: 13359:(1965). "Lectures on matroids". 13082:. Basel, CH: Birkhäuser Verlag. 12692:(1969). "The Tutte polynomial". 8660:{\displaystyle r(S)+r(E-S)=r(M)} 7864:, the dual of a graphic matroid 4328:That is, the hyperplanes form a 3616:is a flat, then each element of 2187:partially ordered by inclusion. 2056:can be defined as those subsets 653:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {I}}~.} 54: 13631:Journal of Combinatorial Theory 13569:American Journal of Mathematics 13239:Journal of Combinatorial Theory 12982:American Journal of Mathematics 12938:A Source Book in Matroid Theory 12935:Kung, Joseph P.S., ed. (1986). 12805:Journal of Combinatorial Theory 12736:. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press. 12427: 12392: 11973: 11956: 11939: 11639:on the relation of matroids to 11480:{\displaystyle \ I\cup \{x\}\ } 8675:is a separator that is neither 6777:has two matroids, known as the 6674:of the graph. This is called a 6458:to be independent if there are 5132: 4165:. (Hyperplanes are also called 3086:{\displaystyle X\subseteq Y\ ,} 2155:whose elements are the subsets 13845:. Cambridge University Press. 13285:. Boston, MA: Academic Press. 12571:"Axioms for infinite matroids" 12109: 12082: 11905: 11876: 11779: 11281: 11270: 11228: 11222: 11216: 11139: 11133: 11065: 11054: 11048: 11042: 11033: 11016: 10967: 10953: 10944: 10932: 10923: 10917: 10888: 10876: 10844: 10826: 10811: 10805: 10798: 10788: 10782: 10776: 10699: 10693: 10683: 10675: 10664: 10658: 10649: 10643: 10613: 10601: 10549: 10543: 10533: 10525: 10520: 10507: 10499: 10493: 10484: 10478: 10471: 10458: 10436: 10424: 10329: 10317: 10301: 10289: 10243: 10231: 10140: 10134: 10072: 10066: 10025: 10019: 10000: 9990: 9955: 9949: 9940: 9928: 9913: 9907: 9866: 9860: 9832: 9826: 9719: 9706: 9697: 9691: 9681:has no loops and coloops then 9593: 9587: 9578: 9570: 9565: 9555: 9534: 9528: 9521: 9511: 9505: 9499: 9470: 9464: 9440: 9434: 9427: 9417: 9411: 9405: 9188: 9182: 9173: 9167: 9156: 9144: 9125: 9119: 9074: 9068: 9059: 9053: 9039: 9031: 9026: 9016: 8994: 8988: 8654: 8648: 8639: 8627: 8618: 8612: 8568:if its dual matroid is simple. 8229: 8223: 8214: 8202: 8193: 8187: 8030:is a matroid with element set 7813: 7807: 7797: 7789: 7782: 7776: 7399: 7391: 7366: 7360: 7164:Matroids from field extensions 7116: 7110: 7007: 7001: 6758: 6746: 6637: 6619: 6474: 6466: 6319: 6313: 6242: 6236: 5253:. One may define a matroid on 5107: 5089: 4563: 4545: 4486: 4474: 4321:{\displaystyle X\subseteq Y~.} 4289:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}} 4221:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}} 4104: 3950: 3944: 3815: 3809: 3459: 3453: 3443: 3440: 3434: 3381: 3375: 3363: 3345: 3313: 3307: 3295: 3277: 3129: 3123: 3111: 3105: 2942: 2936: 2855: 2849: 2770:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {P}}} 2740: 2734: 2724: 2721: 2715: 2628: 2622: 2591: 2585: 2516: 2510: 2382: 2376: 2367: 2361: 2222: 2216: 2206: 2198: 2127: 2119: 2112: 2106: 2023: 2011: 1977: 1971: 1962: 1956: 1947: 1941: 1868: 1862: 1853: 1835: 1826: 1820: 1736: 1730: 1721: 1715: 1706: 1694: 1685: 1673: 1620:{\displaystyle r(A)\leq |A|~.} 1607: 1599: 1592: 1586: 1524: 1518: 1228:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {B}}} 1163: 1145: 1061:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {B}}} 992:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {B}}} 944:is a collection of subsets of 937:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {B}}} 920:is a finite set as before and 887: 871: 266:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {I}}} 202: 186: 13: 1: 12561: 12554:Nishimura & Kuroda (2009) 11889:is an older standard source. 11618:Nishimura & Kuroda (2009) 11349:The empty set is independent. 10255:{\displaystyle T_{M}(x,y)\ ,} 8818: 6918:be the collection of subsets 6528:. This defines a matroid on 5673:then we can define a matroid 4976:is the class of circuits and 3856:forms a matroid over its set 2447:be a matroid on a finite set 2180:{\displaystyle A\subset M\ ,} 1453:This allows us to talk about 1106:then there exists an element 660:This is sometimes called the 467:This is sometimes called the 142: 13770:"Matroids and signed graphs" 13253:10.1016/0095-8956(80)90075-1 12861:10.1016/0024-3795(89)90461-8 12033: 11869: 11385:and maximal independent set 11194:if it has the property that 11083:Tutte-Grothendieck invariant 9368:of a matroid, introduced by 8062:, is the matroid on the set 7908:. In this case, the dual of 5604:-linear but not real-linear. 5588:Matroids from linear algebra 5348:A uniform matroid with rank 4526: 3922:{\displaystyle \bigvee S\ ,} 1656:{\displaystyle A,B\subset E} 7: 13759:Florida Atlantic University 13739:City University of New York 13711:Encyclopedia of Mathematics 13217:Encyclopedia of Mathematics 12117:"Solving Rota's conjecture" 11990: 10153:is the number of rank  8349:with an independent set of 7978:is also representable over 7019:{\displaystyle M^{*}(G)\ ,} 6578:is the whole vertex set of 6488:vertex-disjoint paths from 5930:This matroid is called the 5616:, not linear over any field 5127: 744:A subset of the ground set 678:abstract simplicial complex 623:{\displaystyle B\cup \{x\}} 10: 13904: 13839:White, Neil, ed. (1992b). 13830:Louisiana State University 13789:"A brief look at matroids" 13733:(academic personal site). 13731:userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu 13653:Zaslavsky, Thomas (1994). 13528:White, Neil, ed. (1992a). 13499:Cambridge University Press 13210:Sapozhenko, A.A. (2001) . 12941:. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser. 12046:Neel & Neudauer (2009) 12027:Pregeometry (model theory) 11603: 10579:rank generating polynomial 10184:, and equivalently of the 8922:contain matroid packages. 8019: 7441: 6191:Matroids from graph theory 5644:is any finite subset of a 5553:{\displaystyle U_{n,n}\ ,} 5514:{\displaystyle U_{0,n}\ ,} 3832:by set inclusion, forms a 2140:{\displaystyle r(A)=|A|~.} 1569:{\displaystyle A\subset E} 737: 129:combinatorial optimization 29: 13863:– via Google Books. 13489:White, Neil, ed. (1987). 13454:White, Neil, ed. (1986). 13173:10.1007/978-3-662-22143-3 13088:10.1007/978-3-7643-8573-6 13039:"Matroids you have known" 12947:10.1007/978-1-4684-9199-9 12600:10.1016/j.aim.2013.01.011 11981:Robertson–Seymour theorem 9325:of linear hyperplanes in 8957:characteristic polynomial 8950:Characteristic polynomial 8086:restricted to subsets of 8015: 7348:algebraically independent 6984:is still connected. Then 6878:be a connected graph and 6643:{\displaystyle G=(U,V,E)} 6558:is one for which the set 5420:{\displaystyle U_{k,n}~.} 3500:(F1) The whole point set 2388:{\displaystyle r(E)-r(A)} 2325:is called the nullity of 1631:(R3) For any two subsets 13800:University of Washington 13493:Combinatorial Geometries 13408:10.1112/jlms/s2-18.3.403 13279:Truemper, Klaus (1992). 13060:10.4169/193009809x469020 12930:– via www.birs.ca. 12844:Gerards, A.M.H. (1989). 12695:Aequationes Mathematicae 12126:: 736–743. Aug 17, 2014. 11669:the characterization of 11147:{\displaystyle T_{M(G)}} 10749:{\displaystyle T_{M}\ ,} 10188:. They were named after 10146:{\displaystyle W_{i}(M)} 9838:{\displaystyle w_{i}(M)} 9782:{\displaystyle \lambda } 7645:A set is independent in 7283:be any finite subset of 6770:{\displaystyle (G,B)\ ,} 6275:the set of all edges in 6226:gives rise to a matroid 5906:gives rise to a matroid 3475: 2395:is sometimes called the 2228:{\displaystyle |A|-r(A)} 1044:are distinct members of 30:Not to be confused with 13620:Whittle, Geoff (1995). 13159:Recski, András (1989). 12786:10.1007/3-540-36478-1_2 12576:Advances in Mathematics 11170:; that is, the rank of 10397:{\displaystyle M^{*}~.} 8964:– sometimes called the 8860:matroid packing problem 8172:whose rank function is 8109:this may be termed the 7350:if the extension field 6682:to the strict gammoids. 6202:Every finite graph (or 5768:Steinitz exchange lemma 5482:In the uniform matroid 5429:§ Additional terms 5113:{\displaystyle (E,C,D)} 4812:{\displaystyle G=\{g\}} 4569:{\displaystyle (L,C,D)} 3584:{\displaystyle S\cap T} 1755:That is, the rank is a 1245:bases in linear algebra 1209:basis exchange property 540:has more elements than 13673:10.1006/eujc.1994.1034 13645:10.1006/jctb.1995.1052 13626:(3) and the rationals" 13427:Welsh, D.J.A. (1976). 12817:10.1006/jctb.2000.1963 11926: 11752:Kahn & Kung (1982) 11709:Tutte homotopy theorem 11645:van der Waerden (1937) 11591: 11562: 11536: 11510: 11481: 11443: 11405: 11379: 11334:Higgs became known as 11291: 11154:of its cycle matroid. 11148: 11112: 11072: 10997: 10974: 10895: 10894:{\displaystyle T(1,1)} 10857: 10750: 10714: 10564: 10398: 10365: 10342: 10256: 10198:partially ordered sets 10167: 10147: 10111: 10085: 10038: 9974: 9881: 9845:is the coefficient of 9839: 9803: 9783: 9763: 9732: 9675: 9655: 9629: 9606: 9477: 9386: 9203: 9086: 8808: 8780: 8747:A matroid is called a 8679:nor the empty set. An 8661: 8550:combinatorial geometry 8515:If a two-element set { 8260:that is obtained from 8239: 8078:that are contained in 8070:that are contained in 7998: 7972: 7952: 7928:is the matroid of the 7922: 7898: 7878: 7851: 7749: 7723: 7702:A set is a circuit of 7692: 7666: 7633: 7607: 7580: 7553: 7527: 7496: 7460: 7413: 7373: 7340: 7320: 7297: 7277: 7257: 7237: 7217: 7197: 7153: 7123: 7090: 7060: 7040: 7020: 6978: 6952: 6932: 6912: 6892: 6872: 6830: 6804: 6771: 6733: 6713: 6664: 6644: 6592: 6572: 6542: 6522: 6502: 6482: 6452: 6432: 6412: 6392: 6372: 6326: 6289: 6269: 6249: 6220: 6146: 6119: 6097: 6073: 6053: 6030: 5991: 5968: 5948: 5920: 5896: 5838: 5808: 5788: 5757: 5727: 5707: 5687: 5667: 5638: 5617: 5605: 5578: 5554: 5515: 5465: 5445: 5421: 5382: 5362: 5342: 5310: 5288: 5267: 5243: 5223: 5195: 5171: 5151: 5114: 5076: 5050: 5030: 5010: 4990: 4970: 4947: 4903: 4902:{\displaystyle Y\in D} 4877: 4839: 4838:{\displaystyle X\in C} 4813: 4781: 4749: 4724: 4704: 4679: 4654: 4630: 4610: 4590: 4570: 4517: 4461: 4431: 4393: 4357: 4356:{\displaystyle x\in E} 4322: 4290: 4266: 4246: 4222: 4187: 4155: 4129: 4095: 4072: 4019: 3996: 3923: 3894: 3870: 3850: 3822: 3785: 3765: 3745: 3725: 3699: 3679: 3656: 3636: 3610: 3585: 3559: 3539: 3514: 3466: 3394: 3320: 3252: 3226: 3206: 3186: 3166: 3152:(C4) For all elements 3142: 3087: 3055: 3035: 3015: 2991: 2918: 2892: 2868: 2825: 2799: 2771: 2747: 2683: 2563: 2543: 2523: 2484: 2464: 2441: 2413: 2389: 2345: 2319: 2299: 2279: 2259: 2229: 2181: 2149:partially ordered sets 2141: 2090: 2070: 2050: 2030: 1990: 1925: 1887: 1804: 1778: 1749: 1657: 1621: 1570: 1531: 1497: 1477: 1447: 1421: 1401: 1381: 1361: 1341: 1315: 1294: 1261: 1229: 1198: 1132: 1100: 1062: 1038: 1018: 993: 961: 938: 914: 894: 858: 830: 810: 782: 758: 724: 700:is independent, i.e., 694: 654: 624: 592: 560: 534: 514: 494: 461: 420: 390: 343: 313:is independent, i.e., 295: 267: 235: 215: 173: 102:partially ordered sets 13778:Binghamton University 13416:van der Waerden, B.L. 13313:"Matroids and graphs" 13282:Matroid Decomposition 11927: 11592: 11590:{\displaystyle \ X~.} 11563: 11561:{\displaystyle \ X\ } 11537: 11535:{\displaystyle \ I\ } 11511: 11509:{\displaystyle \ X\ } 11482: 11444: 11406: 11404:{\displaystyle \ J\ } 11380: 11378:{\displaystyle \ I\ } 11292: 11255: such that  11149: 11113: 11111:{\displaystyle T_{G}} 11073: 10998: 10975: 10896: 10858: 10751: 10715: 10565: 10399: 10366: 10343: 10257: 10168: 10148: 10112: 10086: 10039: 9975: 9882: 9840: 9804: 9784: 9764: 9733: 9676: 9656: 9630: 9607: 9478: 9387: 9244:, which is given by χ 9228:is the cycle matroid 9204: 9087: 8930:Polynomial invariants 8809: 8781: 8779:{\displaystyle P_{M}} 8681:irreducible separator 8673:non-trivial separator 8662: 8240: 8133:. The submatroids of 7999: 7973: 7953: 7923: 7899: 7879: 7852: 7750: 7724: 7722:{\displaystyle M^{*}} 7693: 7667: 7665:{\displaystyle M^{*}} 7634: 7608: 7606:{\displaystyle M^{*}} 7581: 7579:{\displaystyle M^{*}} 7554: 7528: 7526:{\displaystyle M^{*}} 7497: 7495:{\displaystyle M^{*}} 7461: 7414: 7412:{\displaystyle |S|~.} 7374: 7341: 7321: 7298: 7278: 7258: 7238: 7218: 7198: 7154: 7124: 7091: 7061: 7041: 7026:whose element set is 7021: 6979: 6953: 6933: 6913: 6898:be its edge set. Let 6893: 6873: 6831: 6805: 6772: 6734: 6714: 6665: 6645: 6593: 6573: 6543: 6523: 6503: 6483: 6453: 6433: 6413: 6393: 6373: 6327: 6290: 6270: 6250: 6221: 6147: 6120: 6098: 6074: 6054: 6031: 5992: 5969: 5949: 5921: 5897: 5839: 5809: 5789: 5758: 5728: 5708: 5688: 5668: 5639: 5611: 5595: 5579: 5555: 5516: 5466: 5451:points is called the 5446: 5422: 5383: 5363: 5343: 5311: 5289: 5268: 5244: 5224: 5196: 5172: 5152: 5115: 5077: 5051: 5031: 5011: 4991: 4971: 4948: 4904: 4878: 4840: 4814: 4782: 4780:{\displaystyle R,G,B} 4750: 4725: 4705: 4680: 4655: 4631: 4611: 4591: 4571: 4518: 4462: 4432: 4394: 4358: 4323: 4291: 4267: 4247: 4223: 4188: 4156: 4130: 4109:In a matroid of rank 4096: 4073: 4020: 3997: 3924: 3895: 3871: 3851: 3823: 3786: 3766: 3746: 3731:but there is no flat 3726: 3700: 3680: 3657: 3637: 3611: 3586: 3560: 3540: 3515: 3467: 3395: 3321: 3253: 3227: 3207: 3187: 3167: 3143: 3088: 3056: 3036: 3016: 3001:(C3) For all subsets 2992: 2919: 2893: 2878:(C2) For all subsets 2869: 2826: 2800: 2785:(C1) For all subsets 2772: 2748: 2684: 2564: 2544: 2524: 2485: 2470:, with rank function 2465: 2442: 2414: 2390: 2346: 2320: 2300: 2280: 2260: 2230: 2182: 2142: 2091: 2071: 2051: 2031: 2029:{\displaystyle (E,r)} 1991: 1926: 1888: 1805: 1779: 1750: 1658: 1622: 1571: 1532: 1498: 1483:The rank of a subset 1478: 1448: 1422: 1402: 1382: 1362: 1342: 1316: 1295: 1262: 1230: 1199: 1133: 1101: 1063: 1039: 1019: 994: 962: 939: 915: 895: 859: 831: 811: 783: 759: 725: 695: 662:augmentation property 655: 625: 593: 561: 535: 515: 495: 462: 421: 391: 344: 296: 268: 236: 216: 174: 100:. In the language of 13842:Matroid Applications 13819:"What is a matroid?" 13532:Matroid Applications 13303:– via emis.de. 13047:Mathematics Magazine 12908:Graphs and Discovery 12854:. 114–115: 207–212. 12650:Brylawski, Thomas H. 11916: 11816:B.L. van der Waerden 11572: 11546: 11520: 11494: 11453: 11415: 11389: 11363: 11326:with strong ties to 11201: 11181:transcendence degree 11122: 11095: 11010: 10987: 10911: 10870: 10763: 10727: 10588: 10411: 10375: 10355: 10269: 10218: 10157: 10121: 10101: 10048: 9987: 9894: 9849: 9813: 9793: 9773: 9753: 9685: 9665: 9639: 9619: 9493: 9399: 9376: 9281:is the bond matroid 9242:chromatic polynomial 9212:where μ denotes the 9106: 8975: 8966:chromatic polynomial 8870:matroid intersection 8854:matroid partitioning 8798: 8763: 8606: 8544:A matroid is called 8458:. A set is said to 8176: 7982: 7962: 7936: 7912: 7904:is the matroid of a 7888: 7868: 7862:Kuratowski's theorem 7763: 7733: 7706: 7676: 7649: 7617: 7590: 7563: 7537: 7510: 7479: 7450: 7387: 7381:transcendence degree 7372:{\displaystyle F(S)} 7354: 7330: 7310: 7287: 7267: 7247: 7227: 7207: 7187: 7152:{\displaystyle F\ ,} 7137: 7122:{\displaystyle r(F)} 7104: 7074: 7050: 7030: 6988: 6962: 6942: 6922: 6902: 6882: 6862: 6814: 6794: 6785:of the biased graph. 6743: 6723: 6703: 6654: 6610: 6582: 6562: 6532: 6512: 6492: 6462: 6442: 6422: 6402: 6382: 6362: 6325:{\displaystyle M(G)} 6307: 6279: 6259: 6255:as follows: take as 6248:{\displaystyle M(G)} 6230: 6210: 6136: 6109: 6087: 6063: 6043: 6020: 5981: 5958: 5938: 5910: 5886: 5822: 5798: 5778: 5741: 5735:linearly independent 5717: 5697: 5677: 5666:{\displaystyle V\ ,} 5651: 5628: 5568: 5525: 5486: 5455: 5435: 5392: 5388:elements is denoted 5372: 5352: 5326: 5300: 5278: 5257: 5233: 5229:be a finite set and 5213: 5185: 5161: 5141: 5086: 5075:{\displaystyle E\ ,} 5060: 5040: 5020: 5000: 4980: 4960: 4913: 4887: 4849: 4823: 4791: 4759: 4739: 4714: 4694: 4669: 4644: 4620: 4600: 4580: 4542: 4471: 4441: 4403: 4367: 4341: 4300: 4276: 4256: 4236: 4208: 4177: 4139: 4128:{\displaystyle r\ ,} 4113: 4085: 4032: 4009: 3935: 3904: 3884: 3860: 3840: 3799: 3775: 3755: 3735: 3724:{\displaystyle S\ ,} 3709: 3689: 3669: 3646: 3620: 3600: 3569: 3549: 3529: 3504: 3418: 3330: 3262: 3251:{\displaystyle E\ ,} 3236: 3216: 3196: 3176: 3156: 3096: 3065: 3045: 3025: 3005: 2927: 2917:{\displaystyle E\ ,} 2902: 2882: 2834: 2824:{\displaystyle E\ ,} 2809: 2789: 2757: 2699: 2576: 2553: 2533: 2501: 2474: 2451: 2431: 2403: 2355: 2329: 2309: 2289: 2269: 2243: 2194: 2159: 2100: 2080: 2060: 2040: 2008: 1935: 1897: 1814: 1803:{\displaystyle x\ ,} 1788: 1768: 1667: 1635: 1580: 1554: 1550:(R2) For any subset 1530:{\displaystyle r(A)} 1512: 1487: 1461: 1431: 1411: 1391: 1387:, then a matroid on 1371: 1351: 1340:{\displaystyle E\ ,} 1325: 1305: 1278: 1251: 1215: 1142: 1110: 1072: 1048: 1028: 1008: 979: 948: 924: 904: 868: 848: 820: 800: 772: 748: 704: 684: 634: 602: 570: 559:{\displaystyle B\ ,} 544: 524: 504: 484: 430: 400: 357: 317: 285: 253: 225: 183: 163: 13796:math.washington.edu 13774:math.binghamton.edu 13751:"Greedy algorithms" 11641:projective geometry 11340:Bruhn et al. (2013) 9654:{\displaystyle M~.} 9463: 8834:can be solved by a 8097:. Equivalently if 7997:{\displaystyle F~.} 7951:{\displaystyle G~.} 7748:{\displaystyle M~.} 7691:{\displaystyle M~.} 7632:{\displaystyle M~.} 7552:{\displaystyle M~.} 7434:Basic constructions 7089:{\displaystyle G~.} 6977:{\displaystyle G-F} 6851:structural rigidity 6829:{\displaystyle G~.} 6676:transversal matroid 6481:{\displaystyle |U|} 5876:in place of GF(2). 5837:{\displaystyle M~.} 5756:{\displaystyle E~.} 5341:{\displaystyle k~.} 4665:(G2) no element of 4640:(G1) no element of 4197:that does not span 4154:{\displaystyle r-1} 3900:of atoms with join 2463:{\displaystyle E\ } 2344:{\displaystyle M~.} 2258:{\displaystyle A~.} 2147:In the language of 1996:That is, rank is a 1757:submodular function 1476:{\displaystyle E~.} 1446:{\displaystyle M~.} 1293:{\displaystyle M~.} 792:for the matroid. A 734:Bases and circuits 674:independence system 469:hereditary property 86:linear independence 13809:on 12 August 2010. 13768:Pagano, Steven R. 13591:10338.dmlcz/100694 13458:Theory of Matroids 13363:. Section B. 13263:10338.dmlcz/101946 13035:Neudauer, Nancy A. 12708:10.1007/BF01817442 12323:, pp. 146–147 11962:A fine example is 11922: 11807:Hirokazu Nishimura 11756:Dowling geometries 11702:the "Path theorem" 11656:transversal theory 11587: 11558: 11532: 11506: 11477: 11439: 11401: 11375: 11324:mathematical logic 11287: 11144: 11108: 11068: 10993: 10970: 10891: 10853: 10746: 10710: 10634: 10560: 10457: 10394: 10371:and properties of 10361: 10338: 10252: 10163: 10143: 10107: 10081: 10034: 9970: 9877: 9835: 9809:th Whitney number 9799: 9779: 9759: 9728: 9671: 9651: 9625: 9602: 9554: 9473: 9451: 9382: 9199: 9140: 9082: 9015: 8938:on the ground set 8888:partition matroids 8804: 8776: 8657: 8519:} is a circuit of 8466:if its closure is 8454:if its closure is 8423:may be called the 8235: 7994: 7968: 7948: 7918: 7894: 7874: 7847: 7745: 7719: 7688: 7662: 7629: 7603: 7576: 7549: 7523: 7492: 7456: 7409: 7369: 7336: 7316: 7293: 7273: 7253: 7233: 7213: 7193: 7149: 7119: 7100:The rank function 7086: 7056: 7036: 7016: 6974: 6948: 6928: 6908: 6888: 6868: 6826: 6800: 6767: 6729: 6709: 6660: 6640: 6588: 6568: 6538: 6518: 6498: 6478: 6448: 6438:, define a subset 6428: 6408: 6388: 6368: 6351:bicircular matroid 6322: 6285: 6265: 6245: 6216: 6142: 6127:real representable 6115: 6093: 6081:representable over 6069: 6049: 6026: 5987: 5964: 5944: 5916: 5902:with entries in a 5892: 5834: 5804: 5784: 5753: 5723: 5703: 5683: 5663: 5634: 5618: 5606: 5574: 5550: 5511: 5477:partition matroids 5461: 5441: 5417: 5378: 5358: 5338: 5306: 5284: 5263: 5239: 5219: 5191: 5167: 5147: 5110: 5072: 5046: 5026: 5006: 4986: 4966: 4943: 4899: 4873: 4835: 4809: 4777: 4745: 4720: 4700: 4675: 4650: 4626: 4606: 4586: 4566: 4513: 4457: 4427: 4389: 4353: 4318: 4286: 4262: 4242: 4218: 4183: 4151: 4125: 4091: 4068: 4015: 3992: 3919: 3890: 3866: 3846: 3818: 3781: 3761: 3741: 3721: 3705:properly contains 3695: 3675: 3652: 3632: 3606: 3581: 3555: 3535: 3510: 3462: 3390: 3316: 3248: 3222: 3202: 3182: 3162: 3138: 3083: 3051: 3031: 3011: 2987: 2914: 2888: 2864: 2821: 2795: 2767: 2743: 2679: 2559: 2539: 2519: 2480: 2460: 2437: 2423:Closure operators 2409: 2385: 2341: 2315: 2295: 2275: 2255: 2225: 2177: 2137: 2086: 2066: 2046: 2026: 1998:monotonic function 1986: 1921: 1883: 1800: 1774: 1745: 1653: 1617: 1566: 1527: 1493: 1473: 1443: 1417: 1397: 1377: 1357: 1337: 1311: 1290: 1257: 1225: 1194: 1128: 1096: 1058: 1034: 1014: 989: 960:{\displaystyle E,} 957: 934: 910: 890: 854: 826: 806: 778: 754: 740:Basis of a matroid 720: 690: 650: 620: 588: 566:then there exists 556: 530: 510: 490: 457: 416: 386: 339: 291: 263: 231: 211: 169: 13883:Closure operators 13852:978-0-5213-8165-9 13787:Hubenthal, Mark. 13634:. Series B. 13543:978-0-521-38165-9 13508:978-0-521-33339-9 13469:978-0-521-30937-0 13438:978-0-12-744050-7 13292:978-0-12-701225-4 13242:. Series B. 13182:978-3-540-15285-9 13135:978-0-19-853563-8 13097:978-3-7643-8572-9 12977:MacLane, Saunders 12956:978-0-8176-3173-4 12795:978-3-540-36478-8 12743:978-0-262-53016-3 12641:978-0-412-22430-0 11925:{\displaystyle E} 11583: 11577: 11557: 11551: 11531: 11525: 11505: 11499: 11490:For every subset 11476: 11458: 11438: 11420: 11400: 11394: 11374: 11368: 11256: 11237: 11233: 11227: 11158:Infinite matroids 10996:{\displaystyle e} 10849: 10742: 10706: 10619: 10556: 10506: 10442: 10390: 10364:{\displaystyle M} 10334: 10248: 10186:partition lattice 10166:{\displaystyle i} 10110:{\displaystyle M} 10077: 9802:{\displaystyle i} 9762:{\displaystyle M} 9724: 9674:{\displaystyle M} 9647: 9628:{\displaystyle M} 9598: 9539: 9385:{\displaystyle p} 9264: (λ), where 9218:geometric lattice 9195: 9131: 9000: 8944:matroid invariant 8807:{\displaystyle M} 8792:indicator vectors 8404:Additional terms 7990: 7971:{\displaystyle F} 7944: 7921:{\displaystyle M} 7897:{\displaystyle M} 7877:{\displaystyle M} 7843: 7741: 7684: 7625: 7545: 7459:{\displaystyle M} 7424:algebraic matroid 7405: 7339:{\displaystyle E} 7319:{\displaystyle S} 7296:{\displaystyle K} 7276:{\displaystyle E} 7256:{\displaystyle F} 7236:{\displaystyle K} 7216:{\displaystyle K} 7196:{\displaystyle F} 7145: 7131:cyclomatic number 7082: 7059:{\displaystyle I} 7039:{\displaystyle E} 7012: 6951:{\displaystyle E} 6931:{\displaystyle F} 6911:{\displaystyle I} 6891:{\displaystyle E} 6871:{\displaystyle G} 6822: 6803:{\displaystyle G} 6763: 6732:{\displaystyle B} 6712:{\displaystyle G} 6663:{\displaystyle U} 6591:{\displaystyle G} 6571:{\displaystyle E} 6541:{\displaystyle E} 6521:{\displaystyle U} 6501:{\displaystyle F} 6451:{\displaystyle U} 6431:{\displaystyle E} 6411:{\displaystyle F} 6391:{\displaystyle E} 6371:{\displaystyle G} 6288:{\displaystyle G} 6268:{\displaystyle E} 6219:{\displaystyle G} 6154:Rota's conjecture 6145:{\displaystyle F} 6118:{\displaystyle M} 6096:{\displaystyle F} 6072:{\displaystyle M} 6052:{\displaystyle F} 6029:{\displaystyle M} 6003:(0,1) matrix 5990:{\displaystyle M} 5967:{\displaystyle A} 5947:{\displaystyle A} 5919:{\displaystyle M} 5895:{\displaystyle A} 5830: 5807:{\displaystyle E} 5787:{\displaystyle M} 5749: 5726:{\displaystyle M} 5706:{\displaystyle E} 5686:{\displaystyle M} 5659: 5637:{\displaystyle E} 5577:{\displaystyle E} 5546: 5507: 5464:{\displaystyle n} 5444:{\displaystyle n} 5413: 5381:{\displaystyle n} 5361:{\displaystyle k} 5334: 5309:{\displaystyle E} 5287:{\displaystyle k} 5266:{\displaystyle E} 5242:{\displaystyle k} 5222:{\displaystyle E} 5194:{\displaystyle E} 5170:{\displaystyle E} 5150:{\displaystyle E} 5068: 5049:{\displaystyle M} 5029:{\displaystyle D} 5009:{\displaystyle C} 4989:{\displaystyle D} 4969:{\displaystyle C} 4939: 4909:exists such that 4845:exists such that 4748:{\displaystyle L} 4723:{\displaystyle D} 4703:{\displaystyle C} 4678:{\displaystyle D} 4653:{\displaystyle C} 4629:{\displaystyle L} 4609:{\displaystyle D} 4589:{\displaystyle C} 4534:(1966) defined a 4509: 4423: 4314: 4265:{\displaystyle Y} 4245:{\displaystyle X} 4186:{\displaystyle E} 4121: 4094:{\displaystyle L} 4064: 4018:{\displaystyle y} 3988: 3915: 3893:{\displaystyle S} 3869:{\displaystyle E} 3849:{\displaystyle L} 3830:partially ordered 3784:{\displaystyle T} 3764:{\displaystyle S} 3744:{\displaystyle U} 3717: 3698:{\displaystyle T} 3678:{\displaystyle S} 3655:{\displaystyle T} 3609:{\displaystyle S} 3558:{\displaystyle T} 3538:{\displaystyle S} 3513:{\displaystyle E} 3412:exchange property 3386: 3244: 3225:{\displaystyle Y} 3205:{\displaystyle E} 3185:{\displaystyle b} 3165:{\displaystyle a} 3134: 3079: 3054:{\displaystyle E} 3034:{\displaystyle Y} 3014:{\displaystyle X} 2983: 2910: 2891:{\displaystyle X} 2860: 2817: 2798:{\displaystyle X} 2675: 2606: 2562:{\displaystyle E} 2542:{\displaystyle A} 2483:{\displaystyle r} 2459: 2440:{\displaystyle M} 2412:{\displaystyle A} 2337: 2318:{\displaystyle M} 2298:{\displaystyle E} 2278:{\displaystyle A} 2251: 2173: 2153:geometric lattice 2133: 2089:{\displaystyle E} 2069:{\displaystyle A} 2049:{\displaystyle E} 1982: 1917: 1879: 1796: 1777:{\displaystyle A} 1764:(R4) For any set 1741: 1613: 1496:{\displaystyle A} 1469: 1439: 1420:{\displaystyle A} 1400:{\displaystyle A} 1380:{\displaystyle E} 1360:{\displaystyle A} 1333: 1314:{\displaystyle M} 1286: 1260:{\displaystyle M} 1190: 1092: 1037:{\displaystyle B} 1017:{\displaystyle A} 913:{\displaystyle E} 857:{\displaystyle M} 829:{\displaystyle E} 809:{\displaystyle M} 781:{\displaystyle E} 757:{\displaystyle E} 693:{\displaystyle E} 646: 552: 533:{\displaystyle A} 513:{\displaystyle B} 493:{\displaystyle A} 453: 382: 335: 294:{\displaystyle E} 234:{\displaystyle E} 207: 172:{\displaystyle M} 155:Independent sets 106:geometric lattice 16:(Redirected from 13895: 13888:Families of sets 13864: 13833: 13823: 13810: 13808: 13802:. Archived from 13793: 13781: 13762: 13742: 13737:. Brooklyn, NY: 13735:Brooklyn College 13727:"Matroid theory" 13725:Kingan, Sandra. 13719: 13693: 13675: 13649: 13647: 13616:, pp. 55–79 13611: 13593: 13564:Whitney, Hassler 13559: 13556:Internet Archive 13535: 13524: 13521:Internet Archive 13496: 13485: 13482:Internet Archive 13461: 13450: 13423: 13411: 13388: 13368: 13352: 13334: 13304: 13275: 13265: 13255: 13230:Seymour, Paul D. 13225: 13206: 13203:Internet Archive 13166: 13155: 13117: 13074: 13068: 13066: 13043: 13033:Neel, David L.; 13029: 13006: 12972: 12969:Internet Archive 12931: 12929: 12927: 12921: 12911: 12902: 12892: 12865: 12863: 12840: 12828: 12799: 12779: 12759: 12756:Internet Archive 12728:Rota, Gian-Carlo 12719: 12685: 12675: 12645: 12624:Bryant, Victor; 12620: 12602: 12592: 12556: 12551: 12542: 12536: 12530: 12524: 12518: 12512: 12503: 12497: 12488: 12482: 12476: 12470: 12464: 12458: 12449: 12448: 12446: 12445: 12439: 12431: 12425: 12419: 12413: 12407: 12401: 12399:Zaslavsky (1994) 12396: 12390: 12384: 12378: 12372: 12363: 12357: 12351: 12345: 12339: 12333: 12324: 12318: 12312: 12306: 12300: 12294: 12288: 12282: 12276: 12270: 12261: 12255: 12249: 12243: 12237: 12231: 12225: 12219: 12213: 12207: 12201: 12200:, pp. 72–97 12195: 12189: 12188:, pp. 46–48 12183: 12177: 12171: 12162: 12156: 12147: 12141: 12128: 12127: 12121: 12113: 12107: 12101: 12092: 12086: 12080: 12074: 12059: 12054: 12048: 12043: 12015:Oriented matroid 11984: 11977: 11971: 11960: 11954: 11943: 11937: 11931: 11929: 11928: 11923: 11909: 11903: 11880: 11793:Saunders MacLane 11731:Tutte polynomial 11727:Brylawski (1972) 11643:. A year later, 11596: 11594: 11593: 11588: 11581: 11575: 11567: 11565: 11564: 11559: 11555: 11549: 11541: 11539: 11538: 11533: 11529: 11523: 11515: 11513: 11512: 11507: 11503: 11497: 11486: 11484: 11483: 11478: 11474: 11456: 11448: 11446: 11445: 11440: 11436: 11418: 11410: 11408: 11407: 11402: 11398: 11392: 11384: 11382: 11381: 11376: 11372: 11366: 11296: 11294: 11293: 11288: 11280: 11257: 11254: 11246: 11238: 11235: 11231: 11225: 11177:field extensions 11153: 11151: 11150: 11145: 11143: 11142: 11117: 11115: 11114: 11109: 11107: 11106: 11090:Tutte polynomial 11081:is said to be a 11077: 11075: 11074: 11069: 11064: 11032: 11002: 11000: 10999: 10994: 10979: 10977: 10976: 10971: 10963: 10900: 10898: 10897: 10892: 10862: 10860: 10859: 10854: 10847: 10825: 10824: 10815: 10814: 10775: 10774: 10755: 10753: 10752: 10747: 10740: 10739: 10738: 10719: 10717: 10716: 10711: 10704: 10703: 10702: 10686: 10678: 10668: 10667: 10633: 10600: 10599: 10569: 10567: 10566: 10561: 10554: 10553: 10552: 10536: 10528: 10504: 10503: 10502: 10456: 10423: 10422: 10403: 10401: 10400: 10395: 10388: 10387: 10386: 10370: 10368: 10367: 10362: 10347: 10345: 10344: 10339: 10332: 10316: 10315: 10288: 10287: 10286: 10285: 10261: 10259: 10258: 10253: 10246: 10230: 10229: 10211:Tutte polynomial 10204:Tutte polynomial 10178:Stirling numbers 10172: 10170: 10169: 10164: 10152: 10150: 10149: 10144: 10133: 10132: 10116: 10114: 10113: 10108: 10090: 10088: 10087: 10082: 10075: 10043: 10041: 10040: 10035: 10018: 10017: 10008: 10007: 9979: 9977: 9976: 9971: 9906: 9905: 9886: 9884: 9883: 9878: 9876: 9875: 9844: 9842: 9841: 9836: 9825: 9824: 9808: 9806: 9805: 9800: 9788: 9786: 9785: 9780: 9768: 9766: 9765: 9760: 9737: 9735: 9734: 9729: 9722: 9718: 9717: 9680: 9678: 9677: 9672: 9660: 9658: 9657: 9652: 9645: 9634: 9632: 9631: 9626: 9611: 9609: 9608: 9603: 9596: 9583: 9582: 9581: 9573: 9553: 9538: 9537: 9482: 9480: 9479: 9474: 9459: 9450: 9449: 9391: 9389: 9388: 9383: 9328: 9208: 9206: 9205: 9200: 9193: 9192: 9191: 9139: 9118: 9117: 9091: 9089: 9088: 9083: 9078: 9077: 9044: 9043: 9042: 9034: 9014: 8987: 8986: 8899:Matroid software 8884:bipartite graphs 8880:maximum matching 8836:greedy algorithm 8831:weighted matroid 8813: 8811: 8810: 8805: 8794:of the bases of 8785: 8783: 8782: 8777: 8775: 8774: 8758:matroid polytope 8666: 8664: 8663: 8658: 8244: 8242: 8241: 8236: 8186: 8003: 8001: 8000: 7995: 7988: 7977: 7975: 7974: 7969: 7957: 7955: 7954: 7949: 7942: 7927: 7925: 7924: 7919: 7903: 7901: 7900: 7895: 7883: 7881: 7880: 7875: 7856: 7854: 7853: 7848: 7841: 7840: 7836: 7800: 7792: 7775: 7774: 7754: 7752: 7751: 7746: 7739: 7728: 7726: 7725: 7720: 7718: 7717: 7697: 7695: 7694: 7689: 7682: 7671: 7669: 7668: 7663: 7661: 7660: 7638: 7636: 7635: 7630: 7623: 7612: 7610: 7609: 7604: 7602: 7601: 7585: 7583: 7582: 7577: 7575: 7574: 7558: 7556: 7555: 7550: 7543: 7532: 7530: 7529: 7524: 7522: 7521: 7501: 7499: 7498: 7493: 7491: 7490: 7465: 7463: 7462: 7457: 7418: 7416: 7415: 7410: 7403: 7402: 7394: 7378: 7376: 7375: 7370: 7345: 7343: 7342: 7337: 7325: 7323: 7322: 7317: 7306:Define a subset 7302: 7300: 7299: 7294: 7282: 7280: 7279: 7274: 7262: 7260: 7259: 7254: 7242: 7240: 7239: 7234: 7223:are fields with 7222: 7220: 7219: 7214: 7202: 7200: 7199: 7194: 7158: 7156: 7155: 7150: 7143: 7128: 7126: 7125: 7120: 7095: 7093: 7092: 7087: 7080: 7065: 7063: 7062: 7057: 7045: 7043: 7042: 7037: 7025: 7023: 7022: 7017: 7010: 7000: 6999: 6983: 6981: 6980: 6975: 6957: 6955: 6954: 6949: 6937: 6935: 6934: 6929: 6917: 6915: 6914: 6909: 6897: 6895: 6894: 6889: 6877: 6875: 6874: 6869: 6847:rigidity matroid 6835: 6833: 6832: 6827: 6820: 6809: 6807: 6806: 6801: 6776: 6774: 6773: 6768: 6761: 6738: 6736: 6735: 6730: 6718: 6716: 6715: 6710: 6669: 6667: 6666: 6661: 6649: 6647: 6646: 6641: 6597: 6595: 6594: 6589: 6577: 6575: 6574: 6569: 6547: 6545: 6544: 6539: 6527: 6525: 6524: 6519: 6507: 6505: 6504: 6499: 6487: 6485: 6484: 6479: 6477: 6469: 6457: 6455: 6454: 6449: 6437: 6435: 6434: 6429: 6417: 6415: 6414: 6409: 6397: 6395: 6394: 6389: 6377: 6375: 6374: 6369: 6339:graphic matroids 6331: 6329: 6328: 6323: 6294: 6292: 6291: 6286: 6274: 6272: 6271: 6266: 6254: 6252: 6251: 6246: 6225: 6223: 6222: 6217: 6151: 6149: 6148: 6143: 6124: 6122: 6121: 6116: 6104: 6102: 6100: 6099: 6094: 6078: 6076: 6075: 6070: 6058: 6056: 6055: 6050: 6035: 6033: 6032: 6027: 5996: 5994: 5993: 5988: 5973: 5971: 5970: 5965: 5953: 5951: 5950: 5945: 5925: 5923: 5922: 5917: 5901: 5899: 5898: 5893: 5843: 5841: 5840: 5835: 5828: 5813: 5811: 5810: 5805: 5793: 5791: 5790: 5785: 5762: 5760: 5759: 5754: 5747: 5732: 5730: 5729: 5724: 5712: 5710: 5709: 5704: 5692: 5690: 5689: 5684: 5672: 5670: 5669: 5664: 5657: 5643: 5641: 5640: 5635: 5584:is a separator. 5583: 5581: 5580: 5575: 5562:discrete matroid 5559: 5557: 5556: 5551: 5544: 5543: 5542: 5520: 5518: 5517: 5512: 5505: 5504: 5503: 5470: 5468: 5467: 5462: 5450: 5448: 5447: 5442: 5426: 5424: 5423: 5418: 5411: 5410: 5409: 5387: 5385: 5384: 5379: 5367: 5365: 5364: 5359: 5347: 5345: 5344: 5339: 5332: 5315: 5313: 5312: 5307: 5295: 5293: 5291: 5290: 5285: 5273:by taking every 5272: 5270: 5269: 5264: 5248: 5246: 5245: 5240: 5228: 5226: 5225: 5220: 5205:Uniform matroids 5200: 5198: 5197: 5192: 5176: 5174: 5173: 5168: 5156: 5154: 5153: 5148: 5119: 5117: 5116: 5111: 5081: 5079: 5078: 5073: 5066: 5056:with ground set 5055: 5053: 5052: 5047: 5035: 5033: 5032: 5027: 5015: 5013: 5012: 5007: 4995: 4993: 4992: 4987: 4975: 4973: 4972: 4967: 4952: 4950: 4949: 4944: 4937: 4908: 4906: 4905: 4900: 4882: 4880: 4879: 4874: 4844: 4842: 4841: 4836: 4818: 4816: 4815: 4810: 4786: 4784: 4783: 4778: 4754: 4752: 4751: 4746: 4729: 4727: 4726: 4721: 4709: 4707: 4706: 4701: 4684: 4682: 4681: 4676: 4659: 4657: 4656: 4651: 4635: 4633: 4632: 4627: 4615: 4613: 4612: 4607: 4595: 4593: 4592: 4587: 4575: 4573: 4572: 4567: 4522: 4520: 4519: 4514: 4507: 4466: 4464: 4463: 4458: 4456: 4455: 4436: 4434: 4433: 4428: 4421: 4398: 4396: 4395: 4390: 4388: 4387: 4362: 4360: 4359: 4354: 4327: 4325: 4324: 4319: 4312: 4295: 4293: 4292: 4287: 4285: 4284: 4271: 4269: 4268: 4263: 4251: 4249: 4248: 4243: 4227: 4225: 4224: 4219: 4217: 4216: 4192: 4190: 4189: 4184: 4160: 4158: 4157: 4152: 4134: 4132: 4131: 4126: 4119: 4100: 4098: 4097: 4092: 4077: 4075: 4074: 4069: 4062: 4024: 4022: 4021: 4016: 4001: 3999: 3998: 3993: 3986: 3928: 3926: 3925: 3920: 3913: 3899: 3897: 3896: 3891: 3875: 3873: 3872: 3867: 3855: 3853: 3852: 3847: 3827: 3825: 3824: 3819: 3808: 3807: 3790: 3788: 3787: 3782: 3770: 3768: 3767: 3762: 3750: 3748: 3747: 3742: 3730: 3728: 3727: 3722: 3715: 3704: 3702: 3701: 3696: 3684: 3682: 3681: 3676: 3661: 3659: 3658: 3653: 3641: 3639: 3638: 3633: 3615: 3613: 3612: 3607: 3590: 3588: 3587: 3582: 3565:are flats, then 3564: 3562: 3561: 3556: 3544: 3542: 3541: 3536: 3519: 3517: 3516: 3511: 3471: 3469: 3468: 3463: 3452: 3451: 3433: 3432: 3399: 3397: 3396: 3391: 3384: 3325: 3323: 3322: 3317: 3257: 3255: 3254: 3249: 3242: 3231: 3229: 3228: 3223: 3212:and all subsets 3211: 3209: 3208: 3203: 3191: 3189: 3188: 3183: 3171: 3169: 3168: 3163: 3147: 3145: 3144: 3139: 3132: 3092: 3090: 3089: 3084: 3077: 3060: 3058: 3057: 3052: 3040: 3038: 3037: 3032: 3020: 3018: 3017: 3012: 2996: 2994: 2993: 2988: 2981: 2980: 2976: 2975: 2923: 2921: 2920: 2915: 2908: 2897: 2895: 2894: 2889: 2873: 2871: 2870: 2865: 2858: 2830: 2828: 2827: 2822: 2815: 2804: 2802: 2801: 2796: 2776: 2774: 2773: 2768: 2766: 2765: 2752: 2750: 2749: 2744: 2733: 2732: 2714: 2713: 2694:closure operator 2688: 2686: 2685: 2680: 2673: 2672: 2671: 2665: 2664: 2643: 2642: 2604: 2603: 2602: 2568: 2566: 2565: 2560: 2548: 2546: 2545: 2540: 2528: 2526: 2525: 2520: 2489: 2487: 2486: 2481: 2469: 2467: 2466: 2461: 2457: 2446: 2444: 2443: 2438: 2418: 2416: 2415: 2410: 2394: 2392: 2391: 2386: 2350: 2348: 2347: 2342: 2335: 2324: 2322: 2321: 2316: 2304: 2302: 2301: 2296: 2284: 2282: 2281: 2276: 2264: 2262: 2261: 2256: 2249: 2234: 2232: 2231: 2226: 2209: 2201: 2186: 2184: 2183: 2178: 2171: 2146: 2144: 2143: 2138: 2131: 2130: 2122: 2095: 2093: 2092: 2087: 2075: 2073: 2072: 2067: 2055: 2053: 2052: 2047: 2035: 2033: 2032: 2027: 1995: 1993: 1992: 1987: 1980: 1930: 1928: 1927: 1922: 1915: 1892: 1890: 1889: 1884: 1877: 1809: 1807: 1806: 1801: 1794: 1783: 1781: 1780: 1775: 1754: 1752: 1751: 1746: 1739: 1662: 1660: 1659: 1654: 1626: 1624: 1623: 1618: 1611: 1610: 1602: 1575: 1573: 1572: 1567: 1536: 1534: 1533: 1528: 1503:is given by the 1502: 1500: 1499: 1494: 1482: 1480: 1479: 1474: 1467: 1452: 1450: 1449: 1444: 1437: 1426: 1424: 1423: 1418: 1406: 1404: 1403: 1398: 1386: 1384: 1383: 1378: 1366: 1364: 1363: 1358: 1346: 1344: 1343: 1338: 1331: 1321:is a matroid on 1320: 1318: 1317: 1312: 1300: 1299: 1297: 1296: 1291: 1284: 1266: 1264: 1263: 1258: 1234: 1232: 1231: 1226: 1224: 1223: 1203: 1201: 1200: 1195: 1188: 1187: 1186: 1137: 1135: 1134: 1129: 1105: 1103: 1102: 1097: 1090: 1067: 1065: 1064: 1059: 1057: 1056: 1043: 1041: 1040: 1035: 1023: 1021: 1020: 1015: 998: 996: 995: 990: 988: 987: 966: 964: 963: 958: 943: 941: 940: 935: 933: 932: 919: 917: 916: 911: 899: 897: 896: 891: 886: 885: 863: 861: 860: 855: 838:graphic matroids 835: 833: 832: 827: 815: 813: 812: 807: 787: 785: 784: 779: 763: 761: 760: 755: 729: 727: 726: 721: 713: 712: 699: 697: 696: 691: 659: 657: 656: 651: 644: 643: 642: 629: 627: 626: 621: 597: 595: 594: 589: 565: 563: 562: 557: 550: 539: 537: 536: 531: 519: 517: 516: 511: 499: 497: 496: 491: 466: 464: 463: 458: 451: 450: 449: 440: 425: 423: 422: 417: 415: 414: 395: 393: 392: 387: 380: 367: 348: 346: 345: 340: 333: 332: 331: 303:independent sets 300: 298: 297: 292: 272: 270: 269: 264: 262: 261: 240: 238: 237: 232: 220: 218: 217: 212: 205: 201: 200: 178: 176: 175: 170: 83: 82: 79: 78: 75: 72: 69: 66: 63: 60: 21: 13903: 13902: 13898: 13897: 13896: 13894: 13893: 13892: 13868: 13867: 13853: 13821: 13806: 13791: 13704: 13701: 13696: 13612:— Reprinted in 13582:10.2307/2371182 13544: 13509: 13470: 13439: 13420:Moderne Algebra 13332:10.2307/1993185 13293: 13183: 13136: 13098: 13064: 13062: 13041: 12995:10.2307/2371070 12957: 12925: 12923: 12919: 12890:10.2307/1998894 12796: 12777:10.1.1.454.4060 12744: 12724:Crapo, Henry H. 12690:Crapo, Henry H. 12673:10.2307/1996381 12642: 12564: 12559: 12552: 12545: 12537: 12533: 12525: 12521: 12513: 12506: 12498: 12491: 12483: 12479: 12471: 12467: 12459: 12452: 12443: 12441: 12437: 12433: 12432: 12428: 12420: 12416: 12408: 12404: 12397: 12393: 12385: 12381: 12373: 12366: 12358: 12354: 12346: 12342: 12334: 12327: 12319: 12315: 12307: 12303: 12295: 12291: 12283: 12279: 12271: 12264: 12256: 12252: 12244: 12240: 12232: 12228: 12220: 12216: 12208: 12204: 12196: 12192: 12184: 12180: 12172: 12165: 12157: 12150: 12142: 12131: 12119: 12115: 12114: 12110: 12102: 12095: 12087: 12083: 12075: 12062: 12055: 12051: 12044: 12040: 12036: 12003:Coxeter matroid 11993: 11988: 11987: 11978: 11974: 11964:A.M.H. Gerards' 11961: 11957: 11944: 11940: 11917: 11914: 11913: 11910: 11906: 11881: 11877: 11872: 11867: 11853:Gian-Carlo Rota 11825: 11821:Hassler Whitney 11782: 11683:excluded minors 11606: 11573: 11570: 11569: 11547: 11544: 11543: 11521: 11518: 11517: 11495: 11492: 11491: 11487:is independent. 11454: 11451: 11450: 11416: 11413: 11412: 11390: 11387: 11386: 11364: 11361: 11360: 11273: 11253: 11239: 11234: 11202: 11199: 11198: 11160: 11129: 11125: 11123: 11120: 11119: 11102: 11098: 11096: 11093: 11092: 11057: 11025: 11011: 11008: 11007: 10988: 10985: 10984: 10959: 10912: 10909: 10908: 10871: 10868: 10867: 10820: 10816: 10801: 10797: 10770: 10766: 10764: 10761: 10760: 10756:specifically, 10734: 10730: 10728: 10725: 10724: 10682: 10674: 10673: 10669: 10639: 10635: 10623: 10595: 10591: 10589: 10586: 10585: 10575:co-rank-nullity 10532: 10524: 10523: 10519: 10474: 10470: 10446: 10418: 10414: 10412: 10409: 10408: 10382: 10378: 10376: 10373: 10372: 10356: 10353: 10352: 10311: 10307: 10281: 10277: 10276: 10272: 10270: 10267: 10266: 10225: 10221: 10219: 10216: 10215: 10206: 10194:Gian-Carlo Rota 10190:Hassler Whitney 10158: 10155: 10154: 10128: 10124: 10122: 10119: 10118: 10102: 10099: 10098: 10049: 10046: 10045: 10013: 10009: 10003: 9999: 9988: 9985: 9984: 9901: 9897: 9895: 9892: 9891: 9856: 9852: 9850: 9847: 9846: 9820: 9816: 9814: 9811: 9810: 9794: 9791: 9790: 9774: 9771: 9770: 9754: 9751: 9750: 9743: 9741:Whitney numbers 9713: 9709: 9686: 9683: 9682: 9666: 9663: 9662: 9640: 9637: 9636: 9620: 9617: 9616: 9577: 9569: 9568: 9564: 9543: 9524: 9520: 9494: 9491: 9490: 9486:or directly as 9455: 9430: 9426: 9400: 9397: 9396: 9377: 9374: 9373: 9362: 9354: 9345: 9326: 9310:is the matroid 9295:flow polynomial 9263: 9249: 9214:Möbius function 9163: 9159: 9135: 9113: 9109: 9107: 9104: 9103: 9049: 9045: 9038: 9030: 9029: 9025: 9004: 8982: 8978: 8976: 8973: 8972: 8952: 8932: 8901: 8876:polynomial time 8821: 8799: 8796: 8795: 8770: 8766: 8764: 8761: 8760: 8607: 8604: 8603: 8564:. A matroid is 8406: 8303: 8301:Sums and unions 8295:excluded minors 8179: 8177: 8174: 8173: 8144:is a subset of 8038:is a subset of 8024: 8018: 7983: 7980: 7979: 7963: 7960: 7959: 7937: 7934: 7933: 7913: 7910: 7909: 7889: 7886: 7885: 7869: 7866: 7865: 7826: 7822: 7796: 7788: 7770: 7766: 7764: 7761: 7760: 7734: 7731: 7730: 7713: 7709: 7707: 7704: 7703: 7677: 7674: 7673: 7656: 7652: 7650: 7647: 7646: 7618: 7615: 7614: 7597: 7593: 7591: 7588: 7587: 7570: 7566: 7564: 7561: 7560: 7538: 7535: 7534: 7517: 7513: 7511: 7508: 7507: 7486: 7482: 7480: 7477: 7476: 7451: 7448: 7447: 7444: 7436: 7398: 7390: 7388: 7385: 7384: 7355: 7352: 7351: 7331: 7328: 7327: 7311: 7308: 7307: 7288: 7285: 7284: 7268: 7265: 7264: 7248: 7245: 7244: 7228: 7225: 7224: 7208: 7205: 7204: 7188: 7185: 7184: 7166: 7138: 7135: 7134: 7105: 7102: 7101: 7075: 7072: 7071: 7051: 7048: 7047: 7031: 7028: 7027: 6995: 6991: 6989: 6986: 6985: 6963: 6960: 6959: 6943: 6940: 6939: 6923: 6920: 6919: 6903: 6900: 6899: 6883: 6880: 6879: 6863: 6860: 6859: 6815: 6812: 6811: 6795: 6792: 6791: 6744: 6741: 6740: 6724: 6721: 6720: 6704: 6701: 6700: 6655: 6652: 6651: 6611: 6608: 6607: 6605:bipartite graph 6583: 6580: 6579: 6563: 6560: 6559: 6533: 6530: 6529: 6513: 6510: 6509: 6493: 6490: 6489: 6473: 6465: 6463: 6460: 6459: 6443: 6440: 6439: 6423: 6420: 6419: 6403: 6400: 6399: 6383: 6380: 6379: 6363: 6360: 6359: 6308: 6305: 6304: 6280: 6277: 6276: 6260: 6257: 6256: 6231: 6228: 6227: 6211: 6208: 6207: 6193: 6181:regular matroid 6162:binary matroids 6137: 6134: 6133: 6110: 6107: 6106: 6105:in particular, 6088: 6085: 6084: 6083: 6064: 6061: 6060: 6044: 6041: 6040: 6021: 6018: 6017: 5982: 5979: 5978: 5959: 5956: 5955: 5939: 5936: 5935: 5911: 5908: 5907: 5887: 5884: 5883: 5862:finite geometry 5850:vector matroids 5823: 5820: 5819: 5799: 5796: 5795: 5779: 5776: 5775: 5742: 5739: 5738: 5718: 5715: 5714: 5698: 5695: 5694: 5678: 5675: 5674: 5652: 5649: 5648: 5629: 5626: 5625: 5590: 5569: 5566: 5565: 5532: 5528: 5526: 5523: 5522: 5493: 5489: 5487: 5484: 5483: 5456: 5453: 5452: 5436: 5433: 5432: 5399: 5395: 5393: 5390: 5389: 5373: 5370: 5369: 5353: 5350: 5349: 5327: 5324: 5323: 5319:uniform matroid 5301: 5298: 5297: 5279: 5276: 5275: 5274: 5258: 5255: 5254: 5234: 5231: 5230: 5214: 5211: 5210: 5207: 5186: 5183: 5182: 5162: 5159: 5158: 5142: 5139: 5138: 5135: 5130: 5087: 5084: 5083: 5061: 5058: 5057: 5041: 5038: 5037: 5021: 5018: 5017: 5001: 4998: 4997: 4981: 4978: 4977: 4961: 4958: 4957: 4914: 4911: 4910: 4888: 4885: 4884: 4850: 4847: 4846: 4824: 4821: 4820: 4792: 4789: 4788: 4760: 4757: 4756: 4740: 4737: 4736: 4715: 4712: 4711: 4695: 4692: 4691: 4690:(G3) no set in 4670: 4667: 4666: 4645: 4642: 4641: 4621: 4618: 4617: 4601: 4598: 4597: 4581: 4578: 4577: 4543: 4540: 4539: 4529: 4472: 4469: 4468: 4451: 4450: 4442: 4439: 4438: 4404: 4401: 4400: 4383: 4382: 4368: 4365: 4364: 4342: 4339: 4338: 4337:(H2) For every 4301: 4298: 4297: 4280: 4279: 4277: 4274: 4273: 4257: 4254: 4253: 4237: 4234: 4233: 4212: 4211: 4209: 4206: 4205: 4178: 4175: 4174: 4140: 4137: 4136: 4135:a flat of rank 4114: 4111: 4110: 4107: 4086: 4083: 4082: 4033: 4030: 4029: 4010: 4007: 4006: 3936: 3933: 3932: 3905: 3902: 3901: 3885: 3882: 3881: 3861: 3858: 3857: 3841: 3838: 3837: 3834:matroid lattice 3803: 3802: 3800: 3797: 3796: 3776: 3773: 3772: 3756: 3753: 3752: 3736: 3733: 3732: 3710: 3707: 3706: 3690: 3687: 3686: 3670: 3667: 3666: 3647: 3644: 3643: 3621: 3618: 3617: 3601: 3598: 3597: 3570: 3567: 3566: 3550: 3547: 3546: 3530: 3527: 3526: 3505: 3502: 3501: 3478: 3447: 3446: 3428: 3427: 3419: 3416: 3415: 3331: 3328: 3327: 3263: 3260: 3259: 3237: 3234: 3233: 3217: 3214: 3213: 3197: 3194: 3193: 3177: 3174: 3173: 3157: 3154: 3153: 3097: 3094: 3093: 3066: 3063: 3062: 3046: 3043: 3042: 3026: 3023: 3022: 3006: 3003: 3002: 2965: 2958: 2954: 2928: 2925: 2924: 2903: 2900: 2899: 2883: 2880: 2879: 2835: 2832: 2831: 2810: 2807: 2806: 2790: 2787: 2786: 2761: 2760: 2758: 2755: 2754: 2728: 2727: 2709: 2708: 2700: 2697: 2696: 2692:This defines a 2667: 2666: 2660: 2659: 2638: 2637: 2598: 2597: 2577: 2574: 2573: 2554: 2551: 2550: 2534: 2531: 2530: 2502: 2499: 2498: 2490:as above. The 2475: 2472: 2471: 2452: 2449: 2448: 2432: 2429: 2428: 2425: 2404: 2401: 2400: 2356: 2353: 2352: 2351:The difference 2330: 2327: 2326: 2310: 2307: 2306: 2290: 2287: 2286: 2270: 2267: 2266: 2244: 2241: 2240: 2205: 2197: 2195: 2192: 2191: 2190:The difference 2160: 2157: 2156: 2126: 2118: 2101: 2098: 2097: 2081: 2078: 2077: 2061: 2058: 2057: 2041: 2038: 2037: 2009: 2006: 2005: 1936: 1933: 1932: 1898: 1895: 1894: 1815: 1812: 1811: 1789: 1786: 1785: 1769: 1766: 1765: 1668: 1665: 1664: 1636: 1633: 1632: 1606: 1598: 1581: 1578: 1577: 1555: 1552: 1551: 1513: 1510: 1509: 1488: 1485: 1484: 1462: 1459: 1458: 1432: 1429: 1428: 1412: 1409: 1408: 1392: 1389: 1388: 1372: 1369: 1368: 1367:is a subset of 1352: 1349: 1348: 1326: 1323: 1322: 1306: 1303: 1302: 1279: 1276: 1275: 1273: 1252: 1249: 1248: 1241: 1239:Rank functions 1219: 1218: 1216: 1213: 1212: 1182: 1181: 1143: 1140: 1139: 1111: 1108: 1107: 1073: 1070: 1069: 1052: 1051: 1049: 1046: 1045: 1029: 1026: 1025: 1009: 1006: 1005: 983: 982: 980: 977: 976: 949: 946: 945: 928: 927: 925: 922: 921: 905: 902: 901: 881: 880: 869: 866: 865: 849: 846: 845: 821: 818: 817: 801: 798: 797: 773: 770: 769: 749: 746: 745: 742: 736: 708: 707: 705: 702: 701: 685: 682: 681: 638: 637: 635: 632: 631: 603: 600: 599: 571: 568: 567: 545: 542: 541: 525: 522: 521: 505: 502: 501: 485: 482: 481: 473:downward-closed 445: 444: 433: 431: 428: 427: 410: 409: 401: 398: 397: 360: 358: 355: 354: 327: 326: 318: 315: 314: 286: 283: 282: 257: 256: 254: 251: 250: 226: 223: 222: 196: 195: 184: 181: 180: 164: 161: 160: 157: 147:There are many 145: 57: 53: 39: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 13901: 13891: 13890: 13885: 13880: 13878:Matroid theory 13866: 13865: 13851: 13835: 13834: 13817:Oxley, James. 13813: 13812: 13783: 13782: 13764: 13763: 13745: 13744: 13721: 13720: 13700: 13699:External links 13697: 13695: 13694: 13666:(3): 303–307. 13650: 13638:(2): 222–261. 13617: 13576:(3): 509–533. 13560: 13558:(archive.org). 13542: 13525: 13523:(archive.org). 13507: 13486: 13484:(archive.org). 13468: 13451: 13437: 13429:Matroid Theory 13424: 13412: 13402:(3): 403–408. 13389: 13369: 13353: 13325:(3): 527–552. 13305: 13291: 13276: 13246:(3): 305–359. 13226: 13207: 13205:(archive.org). 13181: 13156: 13134: 13126:Matroid Theory 13118: 13096: 13075: 13030: 13007: 12989:(1): 236–240. 12973: 12971:(archive.org). 12955: 12932: 12912: 12903: 12883:(2): 485–499. 12866: 12841: 12829: 12811:(2): 247–299. 12800: 12794: 12760: 12758:(archive.org). 12742: 12720: 12702:(3): 211–229. 12686: 12646: 12640: 12626:Perfect, Hazel 12621: 12565: 12563: 12560: 12558: 12557: 12543: 12531: 12519: 12504: 12489: 12477: 12465: 12450: 12426: 12414: 12402: 12391: 12379: 12364: 12352: 12340: 12325: 12313: 12301: 12289: 12277: 12262: 12250: 12238: 12226: 12214: 12202: 12190: 12178: 12163: 12161:, pp. 115 12148: 12129: 12108: 12093: 12081: 12060: 12049: 12037: 12035: 12032: 12031: 12030: 12024: 12018: 12012: 12006: 12000: 11992: 11989: 11986: 11985: 11972: 11968:Gerards (1989) 11955: 11953: 11952: 11947:Whitney (1935) 11938: 11921: 11904: 11902: 11901: 11893: 11892: 11874: 11873: 11871: 11868: 11866: 11865: 11860: 11855: 11850: 11845: 11840: 11835: 11829: 11824: 11823: 11818: 11813: 11808: 11805: 11803:Takeo Nakasawa 11800: 11795: 11790: 11786: 11781: 11778: 11748:Seymour (1980) 11717: 11716: 11711:" (see, e.g., 11704: 11703: 11696: 11695: 11691: 11690: 11686: 11685: 11637:MacLane (1936) 11626:linear algebra 11614:Takeo Nakasawa 11610:Whitney (1935) 11605: 11602: 11598: 11597: 11586: 11580: 11554: 11528: 11502: 11488: 11473: 11470: 11467: 11464: 11461: 11435: 11432: 11429: 11426: 11423: 11397: 11371: 11353: 11350: 11322:, a branch of 11298: 11297: 11286: 11283: 11279: 11276: 11272: 11269: 11266: 11263: 11260: 11252: 11249: 11245: 11242: 11230: 11224: 11221: 11218: 11215: 11212: 11209: 11206: 11159: 11156: 11141: 11138: 11135: 11132: 11128: 11105: 11101: 11079: 11078: 11067: 11063: 11060: 11056: 11053: 11050: 11047: 11044: 11041: 11038: 11035: 11031: 11028: 11024: 11021: 11018: 11015: 10992: 10981: 10980: 10969: 10966: 10962: 10958: 10955: 10952: 10949: 10946: 10943: 10940: 10937: 10934: 10931: 10928: 10925: 10922: 10919: 10916: 10890: 10887: 10884: 10881: 10878: 10875: 10864: 10863: 10852: 10846: 10843: 10840: 10837: 10834: 10831: 10828: 10823: 10819: 10813: 10810: 10807: 10804: 10800: 10796: 10793: 10790: 10787: 10784: 10781: 10778: 10773: 10769: 10745: 10737: 10733: 10721: 10720: 10709: 10701: 10698: 10695: 10692: 10689: 10685: 10681: 10677: 10672: 10666: 10663: 10660: 10657: 10654: 10651: 10648: 10645: 10642: 10638: 10632: 10629: 10626: 10622: 10618: 10615: 10612: 10609: 10606: 10603: 10598: 10594: 10571: 10570: 10559: 10551: 10548: 10545: 10542: 10539: 10535: 10531: 10527: 10522: 10518: 10515: 10512: 10509: 10501: 10498: 10495: 10492: 10489: 10486: 10483: 10480: 10477: 10473: 10469: 10466: 10463: 10460: 10455: 10452: 10449: 10445: 10441: 10438: 10435: 10432: 10429: 10426: 10421: 10417: 10393: 10385: 10381: 10360: 10349: 10348: 10337: 10331: 10328: 10325: 10322: 10319: 10314: 10310: 10306: 10303: 10300: 10297: 10294: 10291: 10284: 10280: 10275: 10251: 10245: 10242: 10239: 10236: 10233: 10228: 10224: 10214:of a matroid, 10205: 10202: 10182:complete graph 10162: 10142: 10139: 10136: 10131: 10127: 10106: 10080: 10074: 10071: 10068: 10065: 10062: 10059: 10056: 10053: 10033: 10030: 10027: 10024: 10021: 10016: 10012: 10006: 10002: 9998: 9995: 9992: 9981: 9980: 9969: 9966: 9963: 9960: 9957: 9954: 9951: 9948: 9945: 9942: 9939: 9936: 9933: 9930: 9927: 9924: 9921: 9918: 9915: 9912: 9909: 9904: 9900: 9874: 9871: 9868: 9865: 9862: 9859: 9855: 9834: 9831: 9828: 9823: 9819: 9798: 9778: 9758: 9742: 9739: 9727: 9721: 9716: 9712: 9708: 9705: 9702: 9699: 9696: 9693: 9690: 9670: 9650: 9644: 9624: 9613: 9612: 9601: 9595: 9592: 9589: 9586: 9580: 9576: 9572: 9567: 9563: 9560: 9557: 9552: 9549: 9546: 9542: 9536: 9533: 9530: 9527: 9523: 9519: 9516: 9513: 9510: 9507: 9504: 9501: 9498: 9484: 9483: 9472: 9469: 9466: 9462: 9458: 9454: 9448: 9445: 9442: 9439: 9436: 9433: 9429: 9425: 9422: 9419: 9416: 9413: 9410: 9407: 9404: 9381: 9366:beta invariant 9361: 9360:Beta invariant 9358: 9357: 9356: 9350: 9341: 9303: 9302: 9274: 9273: 9254: 9245: 9210: 9209: 9198: 9190: 9187: 9184: 9181: 9178: 9175: 9172: 9169: 9166: 9162: 9158: 9155: 9152: 9149: 9146: 9143: 9138: 9134: 9130: 9127: 9124: 9121: 9116: 9112: 9093: 9092: 9081: 9076: 9073: 9070: 9067: 9064: 9061: 9058: 9055: 9052: 9048: 9041: 9037: 9033: 9028: 9024: 9021: 9018: 9013: 9010: 9007: 9003: 8999: 8996: 8993: 8990: 8985: 8981: 8951: 8948: 8931: 8928: 8907:and Hlineny's 8900: 8897: 8896: 8895: 8864: 8863: 8848: 8847: 8820: 8817: 8816: 8815: 8803: 8773: 8769: 8753: 8752: 8749:paving matroid 8744: 8743: 8727: 8726: 8702: 8701: 8689: 8688: 8656: 8653: 8650: 8647: 8644: 8641: 8638: 8635: 8632: 8629: 8626: 8623: 8620: 8617: 8614: 8611: 8583: 8582: 8570: 8569: 8558:simplification 8541: 8540: 8512: 8511: 8507: 8506: 8494: 8493: 8481: 8480: 8472: 8471: 8441: 8440: 8405: 8402: 8335:disjoint union 8302: 8299: 8234: 8231: 8228: 8225: 8222: 8219: 8216: 8213: 8210: 8207: 8204: 8201: 8198: 8195: 8192: 8189: 8185: 8182: 8020:Main article: 8017: 8014: 8013: 8012: 8009: 7993: 7987: 7967: 7947: 7941: 7917: 7893: 7873: 7858: 7857: 7846: 7839: 7835: 7832: 7829: 7825: 7821: 7818: 7815: 7812: 7809: 7806: 7803: 7799: 7795: 7791: 7787: 7784: 7781: 7778: 7773: 7769: 7756: 7755: 7744: 7738: 7716: 7712: 7699: 7698: 7687: 7681: 7659: 7655: 7628: 7622: 7600: 7596: 7573: 7569: 7548: 7542: 7520: 7516: 7489: 7485: 7455: 7443: 7440: 7435: 7432: 7420: 7419: 7408: 7401: 7397: 7393: 7368: 7365: 7362: 7359: 7335: 7315: 7304: 7292: 7272: 7252: 7232: 7212: 7192: 7165: 7162: 7161: 7160: 7148: 7142: 7118: 7115: 7112: 7109: 7097: 7096: 7085: 7079: 7055: 7035: 7015: 7009: 7006: 7003: 6998: 6994: 6973: 6970: 6967: 6947: 6927: 6907: 6887: 6867: 6855: 6854: 6838: 6837: 6825: 6819: 6799: 6787: 6786: 6766: 6760: 6757: 6754: 6751: 6748: 6728: 6708: 6684: 6683: 6659: 6639: 6636: 6633: 6630: 6627: 6624: 6621: 6618: 6615: 6600: 6599: 6587: 6567: 6556:strict gammoid 6537: 6517: 6497: 6476: 6472: 6468: 6447: 6427: 6407: 6387: 6367: 6355: 6354: 6321: 6318: 6315: 6312: 6284: 6264: 6244: 6241: 6238: 6235: 6215: 6192: 6189: 6141: 6114: 6092: 6068: 6059:, then we say 6048: 6025: 5999: 5998: 5986: 5963: 5943: 5932:column matroid 5915: 5891: 5854: 5853: 5845: 5844: 5833: 5827: 5803: 5783: 5764: 5763: 5752: 5746: 5722: 5702: 5682: 5662: 5656: 5633: 5589: 5586: 5573: 5549: 5541: 5538: 5535: 5531: 5510: 5502: 5499: 5496: 5492: 5460: 5440: 5416: 5408: 5405: 5402: 5398: 5377: 5357: 5337: 5331: 5305: 5283: 5262: 5251:natural number 5238: 5218: 5206: 5203: 5190: 5166: 5146: 5134: 5131: 5129: 5126: 5109: 5106: 5103: 5100: 5097: 5094: 5091: 5071: 5065: 5045: 5025: 5005: 4985: 4965: 4954: 4953: 4942: 4936: 4933: 4930: 4927: 4924: 4921: 4918: 4898: 4895: 4892: 4872: 4869: 4866: 4863: 4860: 4857: 4854: 4834: 4831: 4828: 4808: 4805: 4802: 4799: 4796: 4776: 4773: 4770: 4767: 4764: 4744: 4735:(G4) whenever 4732: 4731: 4719: 4699: 4687: 4686: 4674: 4662: 4661: 4649: 4625: 4605: 4585: 4565: 4562: 4559: 4556: 4553: 4550: 4547: 4528: 4525: 4524: 4523: 4512: 4506: 4503: 4500: 4497: 4494: 4491: 4488: 4485: 4482: 4479: 4476: 4454: 4449: 4446: 4426: 4420: 4417: 4414: 4411: 4408: 4386: 4381: 4378: 4375: 4372: 4352: 4349: 4346: 4334: 4333: 4330:Sperner family 4317: 4311: 4308: 4305: 4283: 4261: 4241: 4215: 4182: 4150: 4147: 4144: 4124: 4118: 4106: 4103: 4090: 4079: 4078: 4067: 4061: 4058: 4055: 4052: 4049: 4046: 4043: 4040: 4037: 4014: 4003: 4002: 3991: 3985: 3982: 3979: 3976: 3973: 3970: 3967: 3964: 3961: 3958: 3955: 3952: 3949: 3946: 3943: 3940: 3918: 3912: 3909: 3889: 3865: 3845: 3828:of all flats, 3817: 3814: 3811: 3806: 3793: 3792: 3780: 3760: 3740: 3720: 3714: 3694: 3685:(meaning that 3674: 3651: 3631: 3628: 3625: 3605: 3593: 3592: 3580: 3577: 3574: 3554: 3534: 3522: 3521: 3509: 3477: 3474: 3461: 3458: 3455: 3450: 3445: 3442: 3439: 3436: 3431: 3426: 3423: 3401: 3400: 3389: 3383: 3380: 3377: 3374: 3371: 3368: 3365: 3362: 3359: 3356: 3353: 3350: 3347: 3344: 3341: 3338: 3335: 3315: 3312: 3309: 3306: 3303: 3300: 3297: 3294: 3291: 3288: 3285: 3282: 3279: 3276: 3273: 3270: 3267: 3247: 3241: 3221: 3201: 3181: 3161: 3149: 3148: 3137: 3131: 3128: 3125: 3122: 3119: 3116: 3113: 3110: 3107: 3104: 3101: 3082: 3076: 3073: 3070: 3050: 3030: 3010: 2998: 2997: 2986: 2979: 2974: 2971: 2968: 2964: 2961: 2957: 2953: 2950: 2947: 2944: 2941: 2938: 2935: 2932: 2913: 2907: 2887: 2875: 2874: 2863: 2857: 2854: 2851: 2848: 2845: 2842: 2839: 2820: 2814: 2794: 2764: 2742: 2739: 2736: 2731: 2726: 2723: 2720: 2717: 2712: 2707: 2704: 2690: 2689: 2678: 2670: 2663: 2658: 2655: 2652: 2649: 2646: 2641: 2636: 2633: 2630: 2627: 2624: 2621: 2618: 2615: 2612: 2609: 2601: 2596: 2593: 2590: 2587: 2584: 2581: 2558: 2538: 2518: 2515: 2512: 2509: 2506: 2479: 2456: 2436: 2424: 2421: 2408: 2399:of the subset 2384: 2381: 2378: 2375: 2372: 2369: 2366: 2363: 2360: 2340: 2334: 2314: 2294: 2274: 2254: 2248: 2239:of the subset 2235:is called the 2224: 2221: 2218: 2215: 2212: 2208: 2204: 2200: 2176: 2170: 2167: 2164: 2136: 2129: 2125: 2121: 2117: 2114: 2111: 2108: 2105: 2085: 2065: 2045: 2025: 2022: 2019: 2016: 2013: 2002: 2001: 1985: 1979: 1976: 1973: 1970: 1967: 1964: 1961: 1958: 1955: 1952: 1949: 1946: 1943: 1940: 1920: 1914: 1911: 1908: 1905: 1902: 1882: 1876: 1873: 1870: 1867: 1864: 1861: 1858: 1855: 1852: 1849: 1846: 1843: 1840: 1837: 1834: 1831: 1828: 1825: 1822: 1819: 1799: 1793: 1773: 1761: 1760: 1744: 1738: 1735: 1732: 1729: 1726: 1723: 1720: 1717: 1714: 1711: 1708: 1705: 1702: 1699: 1696: 1693: 1690: 1687: 1684: 1681: 1678: 1675: 1672: 1652: 1649: 1646: 1643: 1640: 1628: 1627: 1616: 1609: 1605: 1601: 1597: 1594: 1591: 1588: 1585: 1565: 1562: 1559: 1547: 1546: 1526: 1523: 1520: 1517: 1492: 1472: 1466: 1442: 1436: 1416: 1396: 1376: 1356: 1336: 1330: 1310: 1289: 1283: 1256: 1240: 1237: 1222: 1205: 1204: 1193: 1185: 1180: 1177: 1174: 1171: 1168: 1165: 1162: 1159: 1156: 1153: 1150: 1147: 1127: 1124: 1121: 1118: 1115: 1095: 1089: 1086: 1083: 1080: 1077: 1055: 1033: 1013: 1001: 1000: 986: 956: 953: 931: 909: 889: 884: 879: 876: 873: 853: 825: 805: 788:– is called a 777: 753: 738:Main article: 735: 732: 719: 716: 711: 689: 670: 669: 649: 641: 619: 616: 613: 610: 607: 587: 584: 581: 578: 575: 555: 549: 529: 509: 489: 477: 476: 456: 448: 443: 439: 436: 413: 408: 405: 385: 379: 376: 373: 370: 366: 363: 350: 349: 338: 330: 325: 322: 290: 260: 230: 210: 204: 199: 194: 191: 188: 168: 156: 153: 144: 141: 133:network theory 113:linear algebra 45:, a branch of 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 13900: 13889: 13886: 13884: 13881: 13879: 13876: 13875: 13873: 13862: 13858: 13854: 13848: 13844: 13843: 13837: 13836: 13831: 13827: 13820: 13815: 13814: 13805: 13801: 13797: 13790: 13785: 13784: 13779: 13775: 13771: 13766: 13765: 13760: 13756: 13752: 13747: 13746: 13740: 13736: 13732: 13728: 13723: 13722: 13717: 13713: 13712: 13707: 13703: 13702: 13691: 13687: 13683: 13679: 13674: 13669: 13665: 13662: 13661: 13660:Eur. J. Comb. 13656: 13651: 13646: 13641: 13637: 13633: 13632: 13627: 13625: 13618: 13615: 13609: 13605: 13601: 13597: 13592: 13587: 13583: 13579: 13575: 13571: 13570: 13565: 13561: 13557: 13553: 13549: 13545: 13539: 13534: 13533: 13526: 13522: 13518: 13514: 13510: 13504: 13500: 13495: 13494: 13487: 13483: 13479: 13475: 13471: 13465: 13460: 13459: 13452: 13448: 13444: 13440: 13434: 13430: 13425: 13421: 13417: 13413: 13409: 13405: 13401: 13397: 13396: 13390: 13386: 13382: 13378: 13374: 13370: 13366: 13362: 13358: 13354: 13350: 13346: 13342: 13338: 13333: 13328: 13324: 13320: 13319: 13314: 13310: 13306: 13302: 13298: 13294: 13288: 13284: 13283: 13277: 13273: 13269: 13264: 13259: 13254: 13249: 13245: 13241: 13240: 13235: 13231: 13227: 13223: 13219: 13218: 13213: 13208: 13204: 13200: 13196: 13192: 13188: 13184: 13178: 13174: 13170: 13165: 13164: 13157: 13153: 13149: 13145: 13141: 13137: 13131: 13127: 13123: 13119: 13115: 13111: 13107: 13103: 13099: 13093: 13089: 13085: 13081: 13076: 13072: 13061: 13057: 13053: 13049: 13048: 13040: 13036: 13031: 13027: 13023: 13019: 13015: 13014: 13008: 13004: 13000: 12996: 12992: 12988: 12984: 12983: 12978: 12974: 12970: 12966: 12962: 12958: 12952: 12948: 12944: 12940: 12939: 12933: 12918: 12913: 12909: 12904: 12900: 12896: 12891: 12886: 12882: 12878: 12877: 12872: 12867: 12862: 12857: 12853: 12852: 12847: 12842: 12838: 12834: 12830: 12826: 12822: 12818: 12814: 12810: 12806: 12801: 12797: 12791: 12787: 12783: 12778: 12773: 12769: 12765: 12764:Edmonds, Jack 12761: 12757: 12753: 12749: 12745: 12739: 12735: 12734: 12729: 12725: 12721: 12717: 12713: 12709: 12705: 12701: 12697: 12696: 12691: 12687: 12683: 12679: 12674: 12669: 12665: 12661: 12660: 12655: 12651: 12647: 12643: 12637: 12633: 12632: 12627: 12622: 12618: 12614: 12610: 12606: 12601: 12596: 12591: 12586: 12582: 12578: 12577: 12572: 12567: 12566: 12555: 12550: 12548: 12541:, p. 260 12540: 12535: 12529:, p. 188 12528: 12527:White (1992b) 12523: 12517:, p. 126 12516: 12511: 12509: 12502:, p. 124 12501: 12496: 12494: 12487:, p. 123 12486: 12481: 12475:, p. 120 12474: 12469: 12463:, p. 127 12462: 12457: 12455: 12436: 12430: 12423: 12418: 12411: 12406: 12400: 12395: 12389:, p. 110 12388: 12383: 12377:, p. 128 12376: 12371: 12369: 12362:, p. 347 12361: 12356: 12349: 12344: 12338:, p. 130 12337: 12332: 12330: 12322: 12317: 12311:, p. 150 12310: 12305: 12299:, p. 140 12298: 12293: 12287:, p. 139 12286: 12281: 12275:, p. 224 12274: 12269: 12267: 12260:, p. 131 12259: 12254: 12248:, p. 105 12247: 12242: 12235: 12230: 12224:, p. 216 12223: 12218: 12212:, p. 215 12211: 12206: 12199: 12194: 12187: 12182: 12176:, p. 100 12175: 12170: 12168: 12160: 12155: 12153: 12145: 12140: 12138: 12136: 12134: 12125: 12118: 12112: 12105: 12100: 12098: 12090: 12085: 12078: 12073: 12071: 12069: 12067: 12065: 12058: 12053: 12047: 12042: 12038: 12028: 12025: 12022: 12019: 12016: 12013: 12010: 12007: 12004: 12001: 11998: 11995: 11994: 11982: 11976: 11969: 11966:short proof ( 11965: 11959: 11951: 11950: 11948: 11942: 11935: 11919: 11908: 11900: 11899: 11897: 11891: 11890: 11888: 11884: 11879: 11875: 11864: 11863:Dominic Welsh 11861: 11859: 11856: 11854: 11851: 11849: 11848:László Lovász 11846: 11844: 11843:Eugene Lawler 11841: 11839: 11836: 11834: 11831: 11830: 11828: 11822: 11819: 11817: 11814: 11812: 11809: 11806: 11804: 11801: 11799: 11796: 11794: 11791: 11789:Susumu Kuroda 11788: 11787: 11785: 11777: 11775: 11770: 11768: 11764: 11763:Geoff Whittle 11759: 11757: 11753: 11749: 11745: 11741: 11739: 11738:Dominic Welsh 11734: 11732: 11728: 11724: 11720: 11714: 11710: 11706: 11705: 11701: 11700: 11699: 11693: 11692: 11688: 11687: 11684: 11680: 11676: 11672: 11668: 11667: 11666: 11664: 11661:In the 1950s 11659: 11657: 11653: 11650:In the 1940s 11648: 11646: 11642: 11638: 11633: 11631: 11627: 11621: 11619: 11615: 11611: 11601: 11584: 11578: 11552: 11526: 11500: 11489: 11468: 11462: 11459: 11433: 11430: 11427: 11424: 11421: 11395: 11369: 11358: 11354: 11351: 11348: 11347: 11346: 11343: 11341: 11337: 11331: 11329: 11325: 11321: 11316: 11314: 11313:Banach spaces 11310: 11306: 11305:vector spaces 11301: 11284: 11277: 11274: 11267: 11264: 11261: 11258: 11250: 11247: 11243: 11240: 11219: 11213: 11210: 11207: 11204: 11197: 11196: 11195: 11193: 11189: 11188:pregeometries 11184: 11182: 11178: 11173: 11169: 11164: 11155: 11136: 11130: 11126: 11103: 11099: 11091: 11086: 11084: 11061: 11058: 11051: 11045: 11039: 11036: 11029: 11026: 11022: 11019: 11013: 11006: 11005: 11004: 10990: 10964: 10960: 10956: 10950: 10947: 10941: 10938: 10935: 10929: 10926: 10920: 10914: 10907: 10906: 10905: 10902: 10885: 10882: 10879: 10873: 10850: 10841: 10838: 10835: 10832: 10829: 10821: 10817: 10808: 10802: 10794: 10791: 10785: 10779: 10771: 10767: 10759: 10758: 10757: 10743: 10735: 10731: 10707: 10696: 10690: 10687: 10679: 10670: 10661: 10655: 10652: 10646: 10640: 10636: 10630: 10627: 10624: 10620: 10616: 10610: 10607: 10604: 10596: 10592: 10584: 10583: 10582: 10580: 10576: 10557: 10546: 10540: 10537: 10529: 10516: 10513: 10510: 10496: 10490: 10487: 10481: 10475: 10467: 10464: 10461: 10453: 10450: 10447: 10443: 10439: 10433: 10430: 10427: 10419: 10415: 10407: 10406: 10405: 10391: 10383: 10379: 10358: 10335: 10326: 10323: 10320: 10312: 10308: 10304: 10298: 10295: 10292: 10282: 10278: 10273: 10265: 10264: 10263: 10249: 10240: 10237: 10234: 10226: 10222: 10213: 10212: 10201: 10199: 10195: 10191: 10187: 10183: 10179: 10174: 10160: 10137: 10129: 10125: 10104: 10096: 10091: 10078: 10069: 10063: 10060: 10057: 10054: 10051: 10031: 10028: 10022: 10014: 10010: 10004: 9996: 9993: 9967: 9961: 9958: 9952: 9946: 9943: 9937: 9934: 9925: 9919: 9916: 9910: 9902: 9898: 9890: 9889: 9888: 9872: 9869: 9863: 9857: 9853: 9829: 9821: 9817: 9796: 9776: 9756: 9748: 9738: 9725: 9714: 9710: 9703: 9700: 9694: 9688: 9668: 9648: 9642: 9622: 9599: 9590: 9584: 9574: 9561: 9558: 9550: 9547: 9544: 9540: 9531: 9525: 9517: 9514: 9508: 9502: 9496: 9489: 9488: 9487: 9467: 9460: 9456: 9452: 9446: 9443: 9437: 9431: 9423: 9420: 9414: 9408: 9402: 9395: 9394: 9393: 9379: 9371: 9367: 9353: 9349: 9346: (λ) = λ 9344: 9340: 9336: 9332: 9324: 9321: 9317: 9313: 9309: 9305: 9304: 9300: 9296: 9292: 9289:) of a graph 9288: 9284: 9280: 9276: 9275: 9271: 9267: 9261: 9257: 9253: 9250: (λ) = λ 9248: 9243: 9239: 9236:) of a graph 9235: 9231: 9227: 9223: 9222: 9221: 9219: 9215: 9196: 9185: 9179: 9176: 9170: 9164: 9160: 9153: 9150: 9141: 9136: 9132: 9128: 9122: 9114: 9110: 9102: 9101: 9100: 9098: 9079: 9071: 9065: 9062: 9056: 9050: 9046: 9035: 9022: 9019: 9011: 9008: 9005: 9001: 8997: 8991: 8983: 8979: 8971: 8970: 8969: 8967: 8963: 8959: 8958: 8947: 8945: 8942:. Each is a 8941: 8937: 8927: 8925: 8921: 8917: 8912: 8910: 8906: 8893: 8889: 8885: 8881: 8877: 8872: 8871: 8866: 8865: 8861: 8857: 8855: 8850: 8849: 8845: 8841: 8837: 8833: 8832: 8826: 8825: 8824: 8801: 8793: 8789: 8771: 8767: 8759: 8755: 8754: 8750: 8746: 8745: 8741: 8737: 8736:frame matroid 8733: 8729: 8728: 8724: 8720: 8716: 8712: 8708: 8704: 8703: 8699: 8695: 8691: 8690: 8686: 8682: 8678: 8674: 8670: 8651: 8645: 8642: 8636: 8633: 8630: 8624: 8621: 8615: 8609: 8601: 8597: 8593: 8589: 8585: 8584: 8580: 8576: 8572: 8571: 8567: 8563: 8559: 8555: 8551: 8547: 8543: 8542: 8538: 8534: 8530: 8526: 8522: 8518: 8514: 8513: 8509: 8508: 8504: 8500: 8496: 8495: 8491: 8487: 8483: 8482: 8478: 8474: 8473: 8469: 8465: 8462:a closed set 8461: 8457: 8453: 8450: 8447: 8443: 8442: 8438: 8434: 8430: 8426: 8422: 8419: 8418: 8417: 8415: 8411: 8401: 8399: 8395: 8391: 8387: 8383: 8379: 8375: 8371: 8367: 8363: 8359: 8354: 8352: 8348: 8344: 8340: 8336: 8332: 8328: 8324: 8320: 8316: 8312: 8308: 8298: 8296: 8292: 8288: 8287:minor-minimal 8284: 8281: 8278: 8275: 8271: 8267: 8263: 8259: 8254: 8252: 8248: 8232: 8226: 8220: 8217: 8211: 8208: 8205: 8199: 8196: 8190: 8183: 8180: 8171: 8167: 8163: 8159: 8155: 8151: 8147: 8143: 8138: 8136: 8132: 8128: 8124: 8120: 8116: 8112: 8108: 8104: 8100: 8096: 8091: 8089: 8085: 8081: 8077: 8073: 8069: 8065: 8061: 8057: 8053: 8049: 8045: 8041: 8037: 8033: 8029: 8023: 8022:Matroid minor 8010: 8007: 8006: 8005: 7991: 7985: 7965: 7945: 7939: 7931: 7915: 7907: 7891: 7871: 7863: 7844: 7837: 7833: 7830: 7827: 7823: 7819: 7816: 7810: 7804: 7801: 7793: 7785: 7779: 7771: 7767: 7758: 7757: 7742: 7736: 7714: 7710: 7701: 7700: 7685: 7679: 7657: 7653: 7644: 7643: 7642: 7639: 7626: 7620: 7598: 7594: 7571: 7567: 7546: 7540: 7518: 7514: 7505: 7487: 7483: 7475: 7474: 7469: 7453: 7439: 7431: 7429: 7428:Vámos matroid 7425: 7406: 7395: 7382: 7363: 7357: 7349: 7333: 7313: 7305: 7290: 7270: 7250: 7230: 7210: 7190: 7182: 7181: 7180: 7178: 7173: 7171: 7146: 7140: 7132: 7113: 7107: 7099: 7098: 7083: 7077: 7069: 7053: 7033: 7013: 7004: 6996: 6992: 6971: 6968: 6965: 6945: 6925: 6905: 6885: 6865: 6857: 6856: 6852: 6848: 6844: 6840: 6839: 6823: 6817: 6797: 6789: 6788: 6784: 6780: 6779:frame matroid 6764: 6755: 6752: 6749: 6726: 6706: 6698: 6697:biased graphs 6694: 6690: 6689:signed graphs 6686: 6685: 6681: 6680:dual matroids 6677: 6673: 6657: 6634: 6631: 6628: 6625: 6622: 6616: 6613: 6606: 6602: 6601: 6585: 6565: 6557: 6553: 6552: 6535: 6515: 6495: 6470: 6445: 6425: 6405: 6385: 6365: 6357: 6356: 6352: 6348: 6347: 6346: 6343: 6341: 6340: 6335: 6334:cycle matroid 6316: 6310: 6302: 6298: 6282: 6262: 6239: 6233: 6213: 6205: 6200: 6198: 6188: 6186: 6185:Vámos matroid 6182: 6177: 6175: 6171: 6167: 6163: 6159: 6155: 6139: 6130: 6128: 6112: 6090: 6082: 6066: 6046: 6039: 6023: 6015: 6011: 6010:representable 6006: 6004: 5984: 5977: 5961: 5941: 5933: 5929: 5928: 5927: 5913: 5905: 5889: 5882: 5877: 5875: 5871: 5868: 5863: 5859: 5851: 5847: 5846: 5831: 5825: 5818: 5817: 5801: 5781: 5773: 5772: 5771: 5769: 5750: 5744: 5736: 5720: 5700: 5680: 5660: 5654: 5647: 5631: 5623: 5622: 5621: 5615: 5614:Vámos matroid 5610: 5603: 5599: 5594: 5585: 5571: 5563: 5547: 5539: 5536: 5533: 5529: 5508: 5500: 5497: 5494: 5490: 5480: 5478: 5474: 5458: 5438: 5430: 5414: 5406: 5403: 5400: 5396: 5375: 5355: 5335: 5329: 5321: 5320: 5303: 5281: 5260: 5252: 5236: 5216: 5202: 5188: 5180: 5164: 5144: 5125: 5124:of matroids. 5123: 5104: 5101: 5098: 5095: 5092: 5069: 5063: 5043: 5023: 5003: 4983: 4963: 4940: 4934: 4931: 4928: 4925: 4922: 4919: 4916: 4896: 4893: 4890: 4870: 4867: 4864: 4861: 4858: 4855: 4852: 4832: 4829: 4826: 4803: 4797: 4794: 4774: 4771: 4768: 4765: 4762: 4742: 4734: 4733: 4717: 4697: 4689: 4688: 4672: 4664: 4663: 4647: 4639: 4638: 4637: 4623: 4603: 4583: 4560: 4557: 4554: 4551: 4548: 4537: 4533: 4510: 4504: 4501: 4495: 4489: 4483: 4480: 4477: 4447: 4444: 4437:there exists 4424: 4418: 4415: 4412: 4409: 4406: 4379: 4376: 4373: 4370: 4363:and distinct 4350: 4347: 4344: 4336: 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Index

Characteristic polynomial of matroids
Metroid
Meteoroid
combinatorics
mathematics
/ˈmtrɔɪd/
linear independence
vector spaces
axiomatically
partially ordered sets
geometric lattice
linear algebra
graph theory
geometry
topology
combinatorial optimization
network theory
coding theory
equivalent
finite set
family
subsets
empty set
independence system
abstract simplicial complex
Basis of a matroid
graphic matroids
bases in linear algebra
rank
rank function

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