%0 Journal Article
%T Matroid 3-connectivity and branch width
%A Jim Geelen
%A Stefan H. M. van Zwam
%J Mathematics
%D 2011
%I arXiv
%X We prove that, for each nonnegative integer k and each matroid N, if M is a 3-connected matroid containing N as a minor, and the the branch width of M is sufficiently large, then there is a k-element subset X of E(M) such that one of M\X and M/X is 3-connected and contains N as a minor.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.3914v2