Dowling group geometries and the critical problem (Q1092912)
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Dowling group geometries and the critical problem (English)
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1989
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This paper relates the critical problem of Crapo and Rota to Dowling group geometries. If A is a finite group, \(Q_ r(A)\) is the rank r Dowling group geometry over A and M is a rank r matroid embeddable as a minor of \(Q_ r(A)\), then it is shown that the critical exponent of M over A is well defined and is determined by an evaluation of the characteristic polynomial of M. Classes of tangential k-blocks obtained from Dowling group geometries are also displayed. A consequence of the theory is that for the first time all cases of Hadwiger's conjecture can be stated as critical problems.
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critical problem
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Dowling group geometries
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matroid
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