Fair representation in dimatroids

Ron Aharoni, Eli Berger, Dani Kotlar, Ran Ziv

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Abstract

For a simplicial complex C denote by β(C) the minimal number of edges from C needed to cover the ground set. If C is a matroid then for every partition A1,…,Am of the ground set there exists a set S∈C meeting each Ai in at least [Formula presented] elements. We conjecture a slightly weaker statement for the intersection of two matroids: if D=P∩Q, where P, Q are matroids on the same ground set V, and β(P), β(Q)≤k, then for every partition A1,…,Am of the ground set there exists a set S∈D meeting each Ai in at least [Formula presented]|Ai|−1 elements. We prove that when m=2 there is a set meeting each Ai in at least ([Formula presented]−[Formula presented])|Ai|−1 elements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5-11
Number of pages7
JournalElectronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics
Volume61
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2017

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© 2017 Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

  • edge covering number
  • edge-cover
  • fair representation
  • matroid

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
  • Applied Mathematics

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