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Local tabularity in MS4 with Casari's axiom

Logic 2025-05-19 v3

Abstract

We study local tabularity (local finiteness) in some extensions of MS4\mathsf{MS4} (monadic S4\mathsf{S4}). Our main result is a semantic characterization of local finiteness in varieties of M+S4\mathsf{M^{+}S4}-algebras, where M+S4\mathsf{M^{+}S4} denotes the extension of MS4\mathsf{MS4} by the Casari axiom. We improve this to a syntactic criterion via the reducible path property identified in [Shap16], and note that the product logic S4[n]×S5\mathsf{S4}[n] \times \mathsf{S5} is an extension of M+S4\mathsf{M^{+}S4}, obtaining a criterion for extensions of S4[n]×S5\mathsf{S4}[n] \times \mathsf{S5} as an application. Next, we give a characterization of local finiteness in varieties of MS4B[2]\mathsf{MS4B}[2]-algebras, where MS4B\mathsf{MS4B} denotes the extension of MS4\mathsf{MS4} by the Barcan axiom. We demonstrate that our methods cannot be extended beyond depth 2, as we give a translation of the fusion S52\mathsf{S5}_2 into MS4B[3]\mathsf{MS4B}[3] for n3n \geq 3 that preserves and reflects local finiteness, suggesting that a characterization there remains difficult. Finally, we also establish the finite model property for some of these logics which are not known to be locally tabular.

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@article{arxiv.2412.01026,
  title  = {Local tabularity in MS4 with Casari's axiom},
  author = {Chase Meadors},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.01026},
  year   = {2025}
}

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32 pages, 4 figures

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