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Matroid vs Graphoid - What's the difference?

matroid | graphoid |

As nouns the difference between matroid and graphoid

is that matroid is a structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces while graphoid is a particular form of matroid.

matroid

English

(wikipedia matroid)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (combinatorics) A structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces.

    • graphoid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A particular form of matroid

    • References

    * MathWorld