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Representability of the Direct Sum of $q$-Matroids

Combinatorics 2023-02-24 v2 Information Theory math.IT

Abstract

While there are many parallels between matroid theory and qq-matroid theory, most notably on the level of cryptomorphisms, there are substantial differences when it comes to the direct sum. The direct sum of qq-matroids has been introduced in the literature only recently. In this short note we show that the direct sum of representable qq-matroids may not be representable. It remains an open question whether representability of the direct sum can be characterized by the given qq-matroids.

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@article{arxiv.2211.11626,
  title  = {Representability of the Direct Sum of $q$-Matroids},
  author = {Heide Gluesing-Luerssen and Benjamin Jany},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.11626},
  year   = {2023}
}