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Main Authors: Ferroni, Luis, Schröter, Benjamin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17696
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author Ferroni, Luis
Schröter, Benjamin
author_facet Ferroni, Luis
Schröter, Benjamin
contents We provide a full classification of all families of matroids that are closed under duality and minors, and for which the Tutte polynomial is a universal valuative invariant. There are four inclusion-wise maximal families, two of which are the class of elementary split matroids and the class of graphic Schubert matroids. As a consequence of our framework, we derive new relations among Tutte polynomials of matroids. For example, we show that the Tutte polynomial of every matroid can be expressed uniquely as an integral combination of Tutte polynomials of graphic Schubert matroids.
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spellingShingle Tutte polynomials of matroids as universal valuative invariants
Ferroni, Luis
Schröter, Benjamin
Combinatorics
We provide a full classification of all families of matroids that are closed under duality and minors, and for which the Tutte polynomial is a universal valuative invariant. There are four inclusion-wise maximal families, two of which are the class of elementary split matroids and the class of graphic Schubert matroids. As a consequence of our framework, we derive new relations among Tutte polynomials of matroids. For example, we show that the Tutte polynomial of every matroid can be expressed uniquely as an integral combination of Tutte polynomials of graphic Schubert matroids.
title Tutte polynomials of matroids as universal valuative invariants
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17696