Multimatroids II. Orthogonality, minors and connectivity

Abstract

A multimatroid is a combinatorial structure that encompasses matroids, delta-matroids and isotropic systems. This structure has been introduced to unify a theorem of Edmonds on the coverings of a matroid by independent sets and a theorem of Jackson on the existence of pairwise compatible Euler tours in a 4-regular graph. Here we investigate some basic concepts and properties related with multimatroids: matroid orthogonality, minor operations and connectivity.