Coxeter matroid (original) (raw)

In mathematics, Coxeter matroids are generalization of matroids depending on a choice of a Coxeter group W and a parabolic subgroup P. Ordinary matroids correspond to the case when P is a maximal parabolic subgroup of a symmetric group W. They were introduced by Gelfand and Serganova , who named them after H. S. M. Coxeter. give a detailed account of Coxeter matroids.