Toward an Elementary Axiomatic Theory of the Category of LP-Matroids
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The purpose of this paper is to provide the beginnings of an elementary theory for the category of loopless pointed matroids and strong maps. We propose a finite set of elementary axioms that is the beginning of an elementary axiomatic theory for this category.
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