Short circuit covers for regular matroids with a nowhere zero 5-flow (Q1112053)
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Short circuit covers for regular matroids with a nowhere zero 5-flow (English)
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1987
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The following theorem is proved: If there exists a nowhere zero 5-flow in a regular matroid on a set E, then it can be covered by circuits whose total length does not exceed \(\frac{8}{5}| E|\). The constant \(\frac{8}{5}\) is the smallest for which such a statement holds.
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nowhere zero 5-flow
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regular matroid
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total length
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