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Small Submatroids in Random Matroids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2008

Wojciech Kordecki
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, Technical University of Wrocław, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50–370 Wrocław, Poland Email: [email protected]

Abstract

Let M be a matroid and let Xr count copies of M in a random matroid of rank r. The Poisson and normal convergence of Xr are investigated under some restriction.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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