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CO 646Matroid Theory

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Combinatorics and Optimization

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This is an introductory course on matroid theory, with particular emphasis on graphic matroids and on topics that are applicable to graph theory. The topics include: matroid intersection and partition, graphic matroids, matroid connectivity, regular matroids, and representable matroids. Applications include: matching, disjoint spanning trees, the 8-flow theorem for graphs, planarity testing, and recognizing totally unimodular matrices.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

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In 33 terms, Fall 2009 to Winter 2024