Leigh.Samphier/Sandbox/Equivalence of Definitions of Matroid Circuit Axioms/Condition 3 Implies Condition 4

Theorem

Let $S$ be a finite set.

Let $\mathscr C$ be a non-empty set of subsets of $S$.

Let $\mathscr C$ satisfy the circuit axioms:

\((C1)\)	$:$						\(\displaystyle \O \notin \mathscr C \)
\((C2)\)	$:$		\(\displaystyle \forall C_1, C_2 \in \mathscr C:\)				\(\displaystyle C_1 \neq C_2 \implies C_1 \not \subseteq C_2 \)
\((C3'')\)	$:$		\(\displaystyle \forall X \subseteq S \land \forall x \in S:\)				\(\displaystyle \paren{\forall C \in \mathscr C : C \not \subseteq X} \implies \paren{\exists \text{ at most one } C \in \mathscr C : C \subseteq X \cup \set x} \)

Then:

$\mathscr C$ is the set of circuits of a matroid on $S$

Proof

$\blacksquare$