Representability of orthogonal matroids over partial fields
Abstract
Let be nonnegative integers, and let . For a matroid of rank on the finite set and a partial field in the sense of Semple--Whittle, it is known that the following are equivalent: (a) is representable over ; (b) there is a point with support (meaning that of is the set of bases of ) satisfying the Grassmann-Pl\"ucker equations; and (c) there is a point with support satisfying just the 3-term Grassmann-Pl\"ucker equations. Moreover, by a theorem of P. Nelson, almost all matroids (meaning asymptotically 100%) are not representable over any partial field. We prove analogues of these facts for Lagrangian orthogonal matroids in the sense of Gelfand-Serganova, which are equivalent to even Delta-matroids in the sense of Bouchet.
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@article{arxiv.2208.03256,
title = {Representability of orthogonal matroids over partial fields},
author = {Matthew Baker and Tong Jin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.03256},
year = {2024}
}
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13 pages