On simple matroids with a unique minimal tropical basis

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Main Author: Hochstättler, Winfried
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contents In this note we characterize tropical bases as sets of circuits that by orthogonality determine the set of cocircuits of a simple matroid. Furthermore, we show that any circuit, which itself is closed, must be contained in any tropical basis. This yields a characterization of simple matroids which have a unique minimal tropical basis, giving a solution for a problem posted in the Matroid Union Blog.
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spellingShingle On simple matroids with a unique minimal tropical basis
Hochstättler, Winfried
Combinatorics
05B35
In this note we characterize tropical bases as sets of circuits that by orthogonality determine the set of cocircuits of a simple matroid. Furthermore, we show that any circuit, which itself is closed, must be contained in any tropical basis. This yields a characterization of simple matroids which have a unique minimal tropical basis, giving a solution for a problem posted in the Matroid Union Blog.
title On simple matroids with a unique minimal tropical basis
topic Combinatorics
05B35
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14244