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Circuit decompositions of binary matroids

Combinatorics 2023-07-18 v2

Abstract

Given a simple Eulerian binary matroid MM, what is the minimum number of disjoint circuits necessary to decompose MM? We prove that M/(rank(M)+1)|M| / (\operatorname{rank}(M) + 1) many circuits suffice if M=F2n{0}M = \mathbb F_2^n \setminus \{0\} is the complete binary matroid, for certain values of nn, and that O(2rank(M)/(rank(M)+1))\mathcal{O}(2^{\operatorname{rank}(M)} / (\operatorname{rank}(M) + 1)) many circuits suffice for general MM. We also determine the asymptotic behaviour of the minimum number of circuits in an odd-cover of MM.

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@article{arxiv.2306.14236,
  title  = {Circuit decompositions of binary matroids},
  author = {Bryce Frederickson and Lukas Michel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.14236},
  year   = {2023}
}

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10 pages

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