Representability of the Direct Sum of q-Matroids

Publication date 21 November 2022

Abstract: While there are many parallels between matroid theory and

q

-matroid theory, most notably on the level of cryptomorphisms, there are substantial differences when it comes to the direct sum. The direct sum of

q

-matroids has been introduced in the literature only recently. In this short note we show that the direct sum of representable

q

-matroids may not be representable. It remains an open question whether representability of the direct sum can be characterized by the given

q

-matroids.

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