# $\Lambda$-Extension of binary matroids

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of mathematics, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

2 Department of Mathematics, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

10.29252/as.2022.2608

Abstract

In this paper, we combine two binary operations $\Gamma$-Extension and element splitting under special conditions, to extend binary matroids. For a given binary matroid $M$, we call a matroid obtained in this way a $\Lambda$-Extension of $M$. We note some attractive properties of this matroid operation, particularly constructing a chordal matroid from a chordal binary matroid.

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