Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9512151 | Discrete Mathematics | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
An element e in a 2-connected matroid M is contractible if its contraction M/e is 2-connected. The existence of contractible elements provides a very useful induction tool. In this paper, we study the distribution of contractible elements in simple 2-connected matroids.
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Authors
Haidong Wu,