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Essential coverings of matrices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

M. Lewin
Affiliation:
University of Reading†.

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Let G be a matrix. If there does not exist an infinite set of non-zero elements such that no two are on the same line (row or column), the matrix is said to be of finite term-rank. A set of lines such that each non-zero element belongs to some line of the set is said to be a covering of G.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1970

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