matroid
matroid noun: a structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces and acyclicality in graphs.
Noun
matroid (plural matroids)
- A structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces and acyclicality in graphs.
- A matroid can be defined in terms of bases. A matroid consists of a ground set as well as a set of bases which is a nonempty subset of the power set of the ground set.
matroid meaning in Tamil
matroid in Tamil
- அணிமம்
Forms of matroid
| plural | matroids |
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Origin of matroid
From matrix + -oid. They were so named by Hassler Whitney in 1935 in an article titled “On the abstract properties of linear dependence”.
Words formed from matroid
Questions about matroid
- What does matroid mean?
- Matroid means a structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces and acyclicality in graphs.
- What is matroid in Tamil?
- Matroid in Tamil is அணிமம். See Matroid meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is matroid?
- Matroid is a noun.
- What is the plural of matroid?
- The plural of matroid is matroids.
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