English

Complexity of the Ackermann fragment with one leading existential quantifier

Logic in Computer Science 2022-02-01 v2

Abstract

In this short note we prove that the satisfiability problem of the Ackermann fragment with one leading existential quantifier is ExpTime-complete.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2111.05388,
  title  = {Complexity of the Ackermann fragment with one leading existential quantifier},
  author = {Reijo Jaakkola},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.05388},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Major revision. The alternating procedure that was presented in the previous version was not sound and hence accepted sentences which were not satisfiable. The problem present in the previous version is now fixed, but the resulting proof is more involved. The presentation has been improved significantly

R2 v1 2026-06-24T07:32:56.309Z