Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
In an earlier paper, we proved that an internally 4-connected binary matroid with at least seven elements contains an internally 4-connected proper minor that is at most six elements smaller. We refine this result, by giving detailed descriptions of the operations required to produce the internally 4-connected minor. Each of these operations is top-down, in that it produces a smaller minor from the original. We also describe each as a bottom-up operation, constructing a larger matroid from the original, and we give necessary and sufficient conditions for each of these bottom-up moves to produce an internally 4-connected binary matroid. From this, we derive a constructive method for generating all internally 4-connected binary matroids. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Advances in Applied Mathematics
First Page
16
Last Page
45
Recommended Citation
Chun, C., Mayhew, D., & Oxley, J. (2013). Constructing internally 4-connected binary matroids. Advances in Applied Mathematics, 50 (1), 16-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aam.2012.03.005