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- noun combinatorics A
structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence " that generalizeslinear independence invector spaces .
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BOB: Well, I have a question for Dr. Besser, specifically, the matroid class of antibiotics tends to be heavily promoted by pharmaceutical companies to the profession, specifically Zithromax or what is commonly called the Zpac.
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A matroid is an abstract mathematical structure that captures combinatorial properties of matrices.
ebookshare 2010
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This book offers a unique introduction to matroid theory, emphasizing motivations from matrix theory and applications to systems analysis.
ebookshare 2010
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