Matroids arising from algebraic shifting

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Main Authors: Guterman, Lazar, Nevo, Eran
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Published: 2025
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author Guterman, Lazar
Nevo, Eran
author_facet Guterman, Lazar
Nevo, Eran
contents We characterize the shifted simple graphs and the $3$-uniform shifted hypergraphs whose inverse image under exterior shifting is the set of bases of a matroid: those are exactly the hypergraphs whose hyperedges form an initial lex-segment. There are several examples of known matroids arising in this way: the simplicial matroid, the hyperconnectivity matroid and the area-rigidity matroid. For $k\ge 4$, we provide a similar characterization for shifted $k$-uniform hypergraphs satisfying an additional combinatorial condition. For symmetric shifting, we prove an analogous characterization for shifted simple graphs, where the classical generic rigidity matroid is an example of a matroid arising in this way.
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spellingShingle Matroids arising from algebraic shifting
Guterman, Lazar
Nevo, Eran
Combinatorics
05E45, 05B35, 13F55, 05C65
We characterize the shifted simple graphs and the $3$-uniform shifted hypergraphs whose inverse image under exterior shifting is the set of bases of a matroid: those are exactly the hypergraphs whose hyperedges form an initial lex-segment. There are several examples of known matroids arising in this way: the simplicial matroid, the hyperconnectivity matroid and the area-rigidity matroid. For $k\ge 4$, we provide a similar characterization for shifted $k$-uniform hypergraphs satisfying an additional combinatorial condition. For symmetric shifting, we prove an analogous characterization for shifted simple graphs, where the classical generic rigidity matroid is an example of a matroid arising in this way.
title Matroids arising from algebraic shifting
topic Combinatorics
05E45, 05B35, 13F55, 05C65
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.03294