An Axiomatic of Non-Radon Partitions of Oriented Matroids

Let M ( E , O ) be an oriented matroid. We say that {A, E\A} is a non-Radon partition of M if O A ¯ = O E \ A ¯ is an acyclic reorientation of O . This definition generalizes the classic notion of (non)-Radon partition of a finite subset E of ℝd. We give an intrinsic characterization of the families of partitions which are the family of all non-Radon partitions of some oriented matroid.