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Definability in the embeddability ordering of finite directed graphs, II

Logic 2018-06-21 v1

Abstract

We deal with first-order definability in the embeddability ordering (D;)( \mathcal{D}; \leq) of finite directed graphs. A directed graph GDG\in \mathcal{D} is said to be embeddable into GDG' \in \mathcal{D} if there exists an injective graph homomorphism φ ⁣:GG\varphi \colon G \to G'. We describe the first-order definable relations of (D;)( \mathcal{D}; \leq) using the first-order language of an enriched small category of digraphs. The description yields the main result of one of the author's papers as a corollary and a lot more. For example, the set of weakly connected digraphs turns out to be first-order definable in (D;)(\mathcal{D}; \leq). Moreover, if we allow the usage of a constant, a particular digraph AA, in our first-order formulas, then the full second-order language of digraphs becomes available.

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@article{arxiv.1806.07871,
  title  = {Definability in the embeddability ordering of finite directed graphs, II},
  author = {Ádám Kunos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.07871},
  year   = {2018}
}