scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1066411

MaRDI QIDQ4357601zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Renate Jaritz

Publication date 29 May 1998

zbMATH Keywords

chirotopeorder functionoriented matroid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Review text

The author verifies that for an oriented matroid \((M, \chi)\) there exists a harmonic and strict order function on \((M,\chi)\). The order function is defined in terms of \(\chi\), the chirotope defining the oriented matroid. The concept of an order function was introduced by \textit{E. Sperner} [Math. Ann. 121, 107-130 (1949; Zbl 0032.17801)] and is supposed to axiomatize the geometric ordering in real space induced by maximal flags of linear subspaces. The author also remarks that conversely, every simple matroid which admits a harmonic and strict order function is orientable. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0867.00024].

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