Parameterized complexity of n-dense modal logics
Logic in Computer Science
2026-04-21 v1
Abstract
Exact tight bounds of the complexity of the satisfiability problem for dense modal logics is a difficult question, likely somewhere between and depending of the logic under question. For a class of them, called here -dense logics (characterized by axioms ), we refine the known results -- membership in -- in the light of parameterized complexity, as introduced in \cite{Downey}, and prove that they belong to the parameterized class para-: there exists a poly-space algorithm once the modal depth of the input is considered as a parameter. This is done by generalizing the novel analysis tool introduced in \cite{BalGasq25}, and therein called windows, to \emph{recursive windows}.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.16488,
title = {Parameterized complexity of n-dense modal logics},
author = {Olivier Gasquet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.16488},
year = {2026}
}