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Almost all matroids are non-representable

Combinatorics 2018-01-31 v3

Abstract

We prove that, as nn approaches infinity, the proportion of nn-element matroids that are representable tends to zero.

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@article{arxiv.1605.04288,
  title  = {Almost all matroids are non-representable},
  author = {Peter Nelson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.04288},
  year   = {2018}
}

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Newer version contains an expanded introduction

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