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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5-11 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics |
Volume | 61 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
- edge covering number
- edge-cover
- fair representation
- matroid
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
- Applied Mathematics