Short circuit covers for regular matroids with a nowhere zero 5-flow

Ury Jamshy*, Andre Raspaud, Michael Tarsi

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Abstract

The following theorem is proved: If there exists a nowhere zero 5-flow in a regular matroid on a set E, then it can be covered by circuits whose total length does not exceed 8 5|E|. The constant 8 5 is the smallest for which such a statement holds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)354-357
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B
Volume43
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1987

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