We define the basis monomial ring M, of a matroid G and prove that it is Cohen-Macaulay for finite G. We then compute the Krull dimension of M, , which is the rank over Q of the basis-point incidence matrix of G, and prove that dim B, > dim M, under a certain hypothesis on coordinatizability of G, w
External and internal elements of a matroid basis
β Scribed by Gwihen Etienne; Michel Las Vergnas
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 457 KB
- Volume
- 179
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-365X
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β¦ Synopsis
We consider the problem of characterizing the sets of externally and internally active elements in a matroid. The main result is a canonical decomposition of the set of elements of a matroid on a linearly ordered set into external and internal elements with respect to a given basis.
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