The Excluded Minors for GF(4)-Representable Matroids

Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 247-299

  Geelen, J F ^a   Gerards, A M H ^b   Kapoor, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001246052     PISSN: 00958956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jctb.2000.1963     Document Type: Article

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