Packing conjecture for infinite matroid families

Let (MkkK)(M_k\mid k\in K) be a family of matroids on the same ground set EE. A covering for (Mk.YkK)(M_k.Y\mid k\in K) is a family of independent sets whose union covers YY, and a packing is a family of pairwise disjoint spanning sets. Packing conjecture. The family (MkkK)(M_k\mid k\in K) has a packing if and only if, for every YEY\subseteq E, whenever (Mk.YkK)(M_k.Y\mid k\in K) has a covering, it also has a packing. This condition is designed as an infinite analogue of the finite base packing theorem and is stated to characterize when a packing exists.

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Nathan Bowler and Johannes Carmesin, “Matroid intersection, base packing and base covering for infinite matroids”, arXiv:1202.3409 (2012).

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