The Intersection of Two Infinite Matroids

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Conjecture: Let \({\mathcal M}\) and \({\mathcal N}\) be two matroids (possibly of infinite ranks) on the same set \(S\). Then there exists a set \(I\) independent in both \({\mathcal M}\) and \({\mathcal N}\), which can be partitioned as \(I=H\cup K\), where \(\text{sp}_{\mathcal M}(H)\cup \text{sp}_{\mathcal N}(K)=S\). This conjecture is an extension of Edmonds' matroid intersection theorem to the infinite case. We prove the conjecture when one of the matroids (say \({\mathcal M})\) is the sum of countably many matroids of finite rank (the other matroid being general). For the proof we have to answer also the following question: when does there exist a subset of \(S\) which is spanning for \({\mathcal M}\) and independent in \({\mathcal N}\).











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