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Maximizing a monotone submodular function is a fundamental task in machine learning. In this paper, we study the deletion robust version of the problem under the classic matroids constraint. Here the goal is to extract a small size summary…

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We introduce the parametric matroid one-interdiction problem. Given a matroid, each element of its ground set is associated with a weight that depends linearly on a real parameter from a given parameter interval. The goal is to find, for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-15 Nils Hausbrandt , Oliver Bachtler , Stefan Ruzika , Luca E. Schäfer

Given a simple Eulerian binary matroid $M$, what is the minimum number of disjoint circuits necessary to decompose $M$? We prove that $|M| / (\operatorname{rank}(M) + 1)$ many circuits suffice if $M = \mathbb F_2^n \setminus \{0\}$ is the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-18 Bryce Frederickson , Lukas Michel

Matroid varieties are the closures in the Grassmannian of sets of points defined by specifying which Pl\"ucker coordinates vanish and which don't --- the set of nonvanishing Pl\"ucker coordinates forms a well-studied object called a…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-08-11 Nicolas Ford

Matroid interdiction problems are well-researched in the field of combinatorial optimization. In the matroid $\ell$-interdiction problem, an interdiction strategy removes a subset of cardinality $\ell$ from the matroid's ground set. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-17 Nils Hausbrandt , Levin Nemesch , Stefan Ruzika

We study paving matroids, their realization spaces, and their closures, along with matroid varieties and circuit varieties. Within this context, we introduce three distinct methods for generating polynomials within the associated ideals of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Emiliano Liwski , Fatemeh Mohammadi

Matrix denoising is central to signal processing and machine learning. Its statistical analysis when the matrix to infer has a factorised structure with a rank growing proportionally to its dimension remains a challenge, except when it is…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-03-17 Jean Barbier , Francesco Camilli , Justin Ko , Koki Okajima

{\sc Vertex $(s, t)$-Cut} and {\sc Vertex Multiway Cut} are two fundamental graph separation problems in algorithmic graph theory. We study matroidal generalizations of these problems, where in addition to the usual input, we are given a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-06-28 Aritra Banik , Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Tanmay Inamdar , Satyabrata Jana , Saket Saurabh

Seymour's decomposition theorem for regular matroids is a fundamental result with a number of combinatorial and algorithmic applications. In this work we demonstrate how this theorem can be used in the design of parameterized algorithms on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-10-09 Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Daniel Lokshtanov , Saket Saurabh

Determinant maximization provides an elegant generalization of problems in many areas, including convex geometry, statistics, machine learning, fair allocation of goods, and network design. In an instance of the determinant maximization…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Adam Brown , Aditi Laddha , Madhusudhan Pittu , Mohit Singh

We introduce a new width parameter for matroids called decomposition width and prove that every matroid property expressible in the monadic second order logic can be computed in linear time for matroids with bounded decomposition width if…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2009-04-21 Daniel Kral

In this work we provide a decomposition theorem for the class of quaternary and non-binary signed-graphic matroids. This generalizes previous results for binary signed-graphic matroids and graphic matroids, and it provides the theoretical…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-10-26 Leonidas Pitsoulis , Eleni-Maria Vretta

We study point-line configurations and their associated matroid and circuit varieties. We aim to find a finite set of defining equations for matroid varieties and an irreducible decomposition for circuit varieties. To solve the former…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Lisa Vandebrouck

We investigate an approach to matroid complexity that involves describing a matroid via a list of independent sets, bases, circuits, or some other family of subsets of the ground set. The computational complexity of algorithmic problems…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-09-10 Dillon Mayhew

The investigation of width parameters in both graph and algebraic contexts has attracted considerable interest. Among these parameters, the linear branch width has emerged as a crucial measure. In this concise paper, we explore the concept…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Takaaki Fujita

Generalizing a well known theorem for finite matroids, we prove that for every (infinite) connected matroid M there is a unique tree T such that the nodes of T correspond to minors of M that are either 3-connected or circuits or cocircuits,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-06-08 Elad Aigner-Horev , Reinhard Diestel , Luke Postle

We introduce a procedure that solves the decision problem whether a given matroid M is a gammoid. The procedure consists of three pieces: First, we introduce a notion of a valid matroid tableau which captures the current state of knowledge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-03 Immanuel Albrecht

The control and sensing of large-scale systems results in combinatorial problems not only for sensor and actuator placement but also for scheduling or observability/controllability. Such combinatorial constraints in system design and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-07 Vasileios Tzoumas , Ali Jadbabaie , George J. Pappas

The maximization of submodular functions have found widespread application in areas such as machine learning, combinatorial optimization, and economics, where practitioners often wish to enforce various constraints; the matroid constraint…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Monika Henzinger , Paul Liu , Jan Vondrak , Da Wei Zheng

Sparse graphs and their associated matroids play an important role in rigidity theory, where they capture the combinatorics of generically rigid structures. We define a new family called {\bf graded sparse graphs}, arising from generically…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-11-10 Audrey Lee , Ileana Streinu , Louis Theran