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Trees of tangles in abstract separation systems

Combinatorics 2025-05-16 v2

Abstract

We prove canonical and non-canonical tree-of-tangles theorems for abstract separation systems that are merely structurally submodular. Our results imply all known tree-of-tangles theorems for graphs, matroids and abstract separation systems with submodular order functions, with greatly simplified and shortened proofs.

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@article{arxiv.1909.09030,
  title  = {Trees of tangles in abstract separation systems},
  author = {Christian Elbracht and Jay Lilian Kneip and Maximilian Teegen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.09030},
  year   = {2025}
}
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