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<b>let </b><font color="Maroon" title="c1">M</font> be  <a href="matroid0.html#V4" title="MATROID0:attr.4">finite-degree</a> <a href="matroid0.html#NM2" title="MATROID0:NM.2">Matroid</a>; <a class="txt" onclick="hs(this)" href="javascript:()"><i><font color="Red">::  thesis: </font></i></a><span class="hide"> for <font color="Olive" title="b1">A</font>, <font color="Olive" title="b2">B</font> being  <a href="struct_0.html#NM2" title="STRUCT_0:NM.2">Subset</a> of <font color="Maroon" title="c1">M</font>  st <font color="Olive" title="b1">A</font> <a href="tarski.html#R1" title="TARSKI:pred.1">c=</a> <font color="Olive" title="b2">B</font> holds <br/> <a href="matroid0.html#K4" title="MATROID0:func.4">Rnk</a> <font color="Olive" title="b1">A</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#R1" title="XXREAL_0:pred.1">&lt;=</a>  <a href="matroid0.html#K4" title="MATROID0:func.4">Rnk</a> <font color="Olive" title="b2">B</font></span><br/><b>let </b><font color="Maroon" title="c2">A</font>, <font color="Maroon" title="c3">B</font> be   <a href="struct_0.html#NM2" title="STRUCT_0:NM.2">Subset</a> of <font color="Maroon" title="c1">M</font>; <a class="txt" onclick="hs(this)" href="javascript:()"><i><font color="Red">::  thesis: </font></i></a><span class="hide"> ( <font color="Maroon" title="c2">A</font> <a href="tarski.html#R1" title="TARSKI:pred.1">c=</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c3">B</font> implies  <a href="matroid0.html#K4" title="MATROID0:func.4">Rnk</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">A</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#R1" title="XXREAL_0:pred.1">&lt;=</a>  <a href="matroid0.html#K4" title="MATROID0:func.4">Rnk</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c3">B</font> )</span><br/>





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 ex <font color="Olive" title="b1">C</font> being <a href="pre_topc.html#V3" title="PRE_TOPC:attr.3">independent</a> <a href="struct_0.html#NM2" title="STRUCT_0:NM.2">Subset</a> of <font color="Maroon" title="c1">M</font> st <br/>( <font color="Olive" title="b1">C</font> <a href="tarski.html#R1" title="TARSKI:pred.1">c=</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">A</font> &amp;  <a href="card_1.html#K5" title="CARD_1:func.5">card</a> <font color="Olive" title="b1">C</font> <a href="hidden.html#R1" title="HIDDEN:pred.1">=</a>  <a href="matroid0.html#K4" title="MATROID0:func.4">Rnk</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">A</font> )
 
<b>by </b><i><a class="ref" href="matroid0.html#T18" target="_self" title="MATROID0:th.18">ThR1</a></i>;<br/>
<b>hence </b><a NAME="E2:59"/>
( <font color="Maroon" title="c2">A</font> <a href="tarski.html#R1" title="TARSKI:pred.1">c=</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c3">B</font> implies  <a href="matroid0.html#K4" title="MATROID0:func.4">Rnk</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">A</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#R1" title="XXREAL_0:pred.1">&lt;=</a>  <a href="matroid0.html#K4" title="MATROID0:func.4">Rnk</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c3">B</font> )
 <b>by </b><i><a class="ref" href="matroid0.html#T17" target="_self" title="MATROID0:th.17">ThR0</a>, <a class="ref" href="xboole_1.html#T1" title="XBOOLE_1:th.1">XBOOLE_1:1</a></i>; <a class="txt" onclick="hs(this)" href="javascript:()"><i><font color="Red">::  thesis: </font></i></a><span class="hide"> verum</span><br/>


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