Matroid theory and supergravity

Revista Mexicana de Fisica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 358-361

  Nieto, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fano matroid; Matroid theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032337361     PISSN: 0035001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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