Von Staudt Constructions for Skew-Linear and Multilinear Matroids

DOI10.5070/C63160429zbMATH Open1508.05021arXiv2012.07361MaRDI QIDQ6355995FDOQ6355995

R. A. Pendavingh, Lukas Kühne, Geva Yashfe

Publication date: 14 December 2020

Abstract: This paper compares skew-linear and multilinear matroid representations. These are matroids that are representable over division rings and (roughly speaking) invertible matrices, respectively. The main tool is the von Staudt construction, by which we translate our problems to algebra. After giving an exposition of a simple variant of the von Staudt construction we present the following results: $$ Undecidability of several matroid representation problems over division rings. $$ An example of a matroid with an infinite multilinear characteristic set, but which is not multilinear in characteristic $0$. $$ An example of a skew-linear matroid that is not multilinear.

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) Arrangements of points, flats, hyperplanes (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C35) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Undecidability and degrees of sets of sentences (03D35) Word problems, etc. in computability and recursion theory (03D40)

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