Maximum Size Binary Matroids with no AG(3, 2)-Minor are Graphic

نویسندگان

  • Joseph P. S. Kung
  • Dillon Mayhew
  • Irene Pivotto
  • Gordon F. Royle
چکیده

We prove that the maximum size of a simple binary matroid of rank r ≥ 5 with no AG(3, 2)-minor is (r+1 2 ) and characterize those matroids achieving this bound. When r ≥ 6, the graphic matroid M(Kr+1) is the unique matroid meeting the bound, but there are a handful of matroids of lower ranks meeting or exceeding this bound. In addition, we determine the size function for nongraphic simple binary matroids with no AG(3, 2)-minor and characterize the matroids of maximum size for each rank.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • SIAM J. Discrete Math.

دوره 28  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014