Matroid minor
= Matroid minor
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In matroid theory, a *matroid minor* is a concept that extends the notion of graph minors to matroids. Matroids are combinatorial structures that generalize the concept of linear independence in vector spaces. Specifically, a matroid \\( M \\) can have a minor obtained in the following way: 1. **Deletion**: You can delete an element from the matroid. This corresponds to removing an edge from a graph.