Forbidden-minor characterization for the class of cographic element splitting matroids

Kiran Dalvi; Y.M. Borse; M.M. Shikare

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory (2011)

  • Volume: 31, Issue: 3, page 601-606
  • ISSN: 2083-5892

Abstract

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In this paper, we prove that an element splitting operation by every pair of elements on a cographic matroid yields a cographic matroid if and only if it has no minor isomorphic to M(K₄).

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Kiran Dalvi, Y.M. Borse, and M.M. Shikare. "Forbidden-minor characterization for the class of cographic element splitting matroids." Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory 31.3 (2011): 601-606. <http://eudml.org/doc/270877>.

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