A Blueprint for the Formalization of Seymour's Matroid Decomposition Theorem

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Auteurs principaux: Sergeev, Ivan, Dvorak, Martin, Rampell, Cameron, Sandey, Mark, Monticone, Pietro
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author Sergeev, Ivan
Dvorak, Martin
Rampell, Cameron
Sandey, Mark
Monticone, Pietro
author_facet Sergeev, Ivan
Dvorak, Martin
Rampell, Cameron
Sandey, Mark
Monticone, Pietro
contents This document is a blueprint for the formalization in Lean of the structural theory of regular matroids underlying Seymour's decomposition theorem. We present a modular account of regularity via totally unimodular representations, show that regularity is preserved under $1$-, $2$-, and $3$-sums, and establish regularity for several special classes of matroids, including graphic, cographic, and the matroid $R_{10}$. The blueprint records the logical structure of the proof, the precise dependencies between results, and their correspondence with Lean declarations. It is intended both as a guide for the ongoing formalization effort and as a human-readable reference for the organization of the proof.
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spellingShingle A Blueprint for the Formalization of Seymour's Matroid Decomposition Theorem
Sergeev, Ivan
Dvorak, Martin
Rampell, Cameron
Sandey, Mark
Monticone, Pietro
Combinatorics
This document is a blueprint for the formalization in Lean of the structural theory of regular matroids underlying Seymour's decomposition theorem. We present a modular account of regularity via totally unimodular representations, show that regularity is preserved under $1$-, $2$-, and $3$-sums, and establish regularity for several special classes of matroids, including graphic, cographic, and the matroid $R_{10}$. The blueprint records the logical structure of the proof, the precise dependencies between results, and their correspondence with Lean declarations. It is intended both as a guide for the ongoing formalization effort and as a human-readable reference for the organization of the proof.
title A Blueprint for the Formalization of Seymour's Matroid Decomposition Theorem
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01255