Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2012

Abstract

A result of Ding, Oporowski, Oxley, and Vertigan reveals that a large 3-connected matroid M has unavoidable structure. For every n>2, there is an integer f(n) so that if {pipe}E(M){pipe}>f(n), then M has a minor isomorphic to the rank-n wheel or whirl, a rank-n spike, the cycle or bond matroid of K 3,n, or U 2,n or U n-2,n. In this paper, we build on this result to determine what can be said about a large structure using a specified element e of M. In particular, we prove that, for every integer n exceeding two, there is an integer g(n) so that if {pipe}E(M){pipe}>g(n), then e is an element of a minor of M isomorphic to the rank-n wheel or whirl, a rank-n spike, the cycle or bond matroid of K 1,1,1,n, a specific single-element extension of M(K 3,n) or the dual of this extension, or U 2,n or U n-2,n. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

European Journal of Combinatorics

First Page

1100

Last Page

1112

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