Finite unavoidable-minor conjecture for large-girth matroids

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Let B(G)B(G) denote the bicircular matroid of a graph GG, let Ut,t+2U_{t,t+2} be the uniform matroid of rank tt on t+2t+2 elements, and let M(Kt)M(K_t) and M(Kt)∗M(K_t)^* be respectively the graphic matroid of the complete graph KtK_t and its dual. Finite unavoidable-minor conjecture. There exists a function gg such that for every integer tt, every cosimple matroid with girth at least g(t)g(t) contains one of

Ut,t+2,M(Kt),M(Kt)∗,B(Kt)U_{t,t+2},\quad M(K_t),\quad M(K_t)^*,\quad B(K_t)

as a minor.

This conjecture would imply the preceding finite-characterization conjecture, adding bicircular matroids to the natural minor-minimal classes with arbitrarily large girth. The source gives no resolution.

References

Primary source

James Davies, Meike Hatzel, Kolja Knauer, Rose McCarty and Torsten Ueckerdt, “Girth in GF(q)-representable matroids”, arXiv:2504.21797 (2025).

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