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A Lower Bound for the Rank of Matroid Intersection

Combinatorics 2023-01-10 v2 Optimization and Control

Abstract

Matroid is a generalization of many fundamental objects in combinatorial mathematics , and matroid intersection problem is a classical subject in combinatorial optimization . However , only the intersection of two matroids are well understood . The solution of the intersection problem of more than three matroids is proved to be \textbf{NP-hard} . We will give a lower bound estimate on the maximal cardinality of the common independent sets in matroid intersections . We will also study some properties of the intersection of more than two matroids and deduce some analogous results for Edmonds' Min-max theorems for matroids intersection .

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@article{arxiv.2203.00657,
  title  = {A Lower Bound for the Rank of Matroid Intersection},
  author = {Tianyu Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.00657},
  year   = {2023}
}
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