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Complexity and (un)decidability of fragments of $\langle \omega^{\omega^\lambda}; \times \rangle$

Logic in Computer Science 2018-05-07 v2 Logic

Abstract

We specify the frontier of decidability for fragments of the first-order theory of ordinal multiplication. We give a NEXPTIME lower bound for the complexity of the existential fragment of ωωλ;×,ω,ω+1,ω2+1\langle \omega^{\omega^\lambda}; \times, \omega, \omega+1, \omega^2+1 \rangle for every ordinal λ\lambda. Moreover, we prove (by reduction from Hilbert Tenth Problem) that the 6\exists^*\forall^{6}-fragment of ωωλ;×\langle \omega^{\omega^\lambda}; \times \rangle is undecidable for every ordinal λ\lambda.

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@article{arxiv.1803.01418,
  title  = {Complexity and (un)decidability of fragments of $\langle \omega^{\omega^\lambda}; \times \rangle$},
  author = {Alexis Bès and Christian Choffrut},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.01418},
  year   = {2018}
}