Algebraic matroids and Frobenius flocks

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2017.11.006zbMATH Open1375.05050arXiv1701.06384OpenAlexW2964242417MaRDI QIDQ1682011FDOQ1682011

R. A. Pendavingh, Guus P. Bollen, Jan Draisma

Publication date: 28 November 2017

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that each algebraic representation of a matroid $M$ in positive characteristic determines a matroid valuation of $M$, which we have named the {em Lindstr"om valuation}. If this valuation is trivial, then a linear representation of $M$ in characteristic $p$ can be derived from the algebraic representation. Thus, so-called rigid matroids, which only admit trivial valuations, are algebraic in positive characteristic $p$ if and only if they are linear in characteristic $p$. To construct the Lindstr"om valuation, we introduce new matroid representations called flocks, and show that each algebraic representation of a matroid induces flock representations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.06384

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic matroidsmatroid valuations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matroids in convex geometry (realizations in the context of convex polytopes, convexity in combinatorial structures, etc.) (52B40) Combinatorial aspects of matroids and geometric lattices (05B35)

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