Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9512151 Discrete Mathematics 2005 8 Pages PDF
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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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
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