TY - JOUR
T1 - Coproducts in categories of q-matroids
AU - Gluesing-Luerssen, Heide
AU - Jany, Benjamin
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© 2023 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - q-Matroids form the q-analogue of classical matroids. In this paper we introduce various types of maps between q-matroids. These maps are not necessarily linear, but they map subspaces to subspaces and respect the q-matroid structure in certain ways. The various types of maps give rise to different categories of q-matroids. We show that only one of these categories possesses a coproduct. This is the category where the morphisms are linear weak maps, that is, the rank of the image of any subspace is not larger than the rank of the subspace itself. The coproduct in this category is the very recently introduced direct sum of q-matroids.
AB - q-Matroids form the q-analogue of classical matroids. In this paper we introduce various types of maps between q-matroids. These maps are not necessarily linear, but they map subspaces to subspaces and respect the q-matroid structure in certain ways. The various types of maps give rise to different categories of q-matroids. We show that only one of these categories possesses a coproduct. This is the category where the morphisms are linear weak maps, that is, the rank of the image of any subspace is not larger than the rank of the subspace itself. The coproduct in this category is the very recently introduced direct sum of q-matroids.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejc.2023.103733
DO - 10.1016/j.ejc.2023.103733
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85159412011
SN - 0195-6698
VL - 112
JO - European Journal of Combinatorics
JF - European Journal of Combinatorics
M1 - 103733
ER -