Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4657052 Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B 2012 28 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let M be a 3-connected matroid that is not a wheel or a whirl. In this paper, we prove that M has an element e such that M\e or M/e is 3-connected and has no 3-separation that is not equivalent to one induced by M.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics