Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2018
Abstract
For a matroid N, a matroid M is N-connected if every two elements of M are in an N-minor together. Thus a matroid is connected if and only if it is U1,2-connected. This paper proves that U1,2 is the only connected matroid N such that if M is N-connected with |E(M)|>|E(N)|, then M\e or M/e is N-connected for all elements e. Moreover, we show that U1,2 and M(W2) are the only matroids N such that, whenever a matroid has an N-minor using {e,f} and an N-minor using {f,g}, it also has an N-minor using {e,g}. Finally, we show that M is U0,1⊕U1,1-connected if and only if every clonal class of M is trivial.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Advances in Applied Mathematics
First Page
163
Last Page
178
Recommended Citation
Gershkoff, Z., & Oxley, J. (2018). A notion of minor-based matroid connectivity. Advances in Applied Mathematics, 100, 163-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aam.2018.07.001
