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Matroid vs Mattoid - What's the difference?

matroid | mattoid |

As nouns the difference between matroid and mattoid

is that matroid is (combinatorics) a structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces while mattoid is a person who displays such behaviour.

As an adjective mattoid is

displaying erratic behaviour.

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.

    • mattoid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Displaying erratic behaviour

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who displays such behaviour
  • Compound of genius and fool

    • References

    *OED (online) 2001 *Concise Oxford Dictionary 1964