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Collapsible Pushdown Graphs of Level 2 are Tree-Automatic

Logic 2010-02-03 v2

Abstract

We show that graphs generated by collapsible pushdown systems of level 2 are tree-automatic. Even when we allow ϵ\epsilon-contractions and add a reachability predicate (with regular constraints) for pairs of configurations, the structures remain tree-automatic. Hence, their FO theories are decidable, even when expanded by a reachability predicate. As a corollary, we obtain the tree-automaticity of the second level of the Caucal-hierarchy.

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@article{arxiv.0912.4110,
  title  = {Collapsible Pushdown Graphs of Level 2 are Tree-Automatic},
  author = {Alexander Kartzow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.4110},
  year   = {2010}
}

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12 pages Accepted for STACS 2010

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