Matroid
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces and acyclicality in graphs.
"A matroid can be defined in terms of bases. A matroid consists of a ground set as well as a set of bases which is a nonempty subset of the power set of the ground set."
Example
More examples"A matroid can be defined in terms of bases. A matroid consists of a ground set as well as a set of bases which is a nonempty subset of the power set of the ground set."
Etymology
From matrix + -oid. They were so named by Hassler Whitney in 1935 in an article titled “On the abstract properties of linear dependence”.
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