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Properties of finite character of independence spaces

Part of: Designs and configurations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

M. J. Piff
M. J. Piff
Affiliation:
The Mathematical Institute, OxfordDepartment of Pure Mathematics, University of Sheffield.
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Extract

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that a number of properties of independence spaces are of finite character, thus making it possible to easily generalise known theorems for finite spaces, or matroids, to independence spaces on infinite sets.

MSC classification

Secondary: 05B35: Matroids, geometric lattices
Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematika , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , December 1971 , pp. 201 - 208
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1971

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