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Sticky matroids and Kantor’s Conjecture

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We prove the equivalence of Kantor’s Conjecture and the Sticky Matroid Conjecture due to Poljak und Turzík.

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The authors are greatful to an anonymous referee who carefully read the paper, and whose comments helped to improve its readability.

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  1. Lehrgebiet für Diskrete Mathematik und Optimierung Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, FernUniversität in Hagen, 58084, Hagen, Germany

    Winfried Hochstättler & Michael Wilhelmi

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Dedicated to Achim Bachem on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

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Hochstättler, W., Wilhelmi, M. Sticky matroids and Kantor’s Conjecture. Algebra Univers. 80, 12 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-019-0584-6

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