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Some classical model theoretic aspects of bounded shrub-depth classes

Logic in Computer Science 2020-10-13 v1

Abstract

We consider classes of arbitrary (finite or infinite) graphs of bounded shrub-depth, specifically the class TMr,p(d)\mathrm{TM}_{r, p}(d) of pp-labeled arbitrary graphs whose underlying unlabeled graphs have tree models of height dd and rr labels. We show that this class satisfies an extension of the classical L\"owenheim-Skolem property into the finite and for MSO\mathrm{MSO}. This extension being a generalization of the small model property, we obtain that the graphs of TMr,p(d)\mathrm{TM}_{r, p}(d) are pseudo-finite. In addition, we obtain as consequences entirely new proofs of a number of known results concerning bounded shrub-depth classes (of finite graphs) and TMr,p(d)\mathrm{TM}_{r, p}(d). These include the small model property for MSO\mathrm{MSO} with elementary bounds, the classical compactness theorem from model theory over TMr,p(d)\mathrm{TM}_{r, p}(d), and the equivalence of MSO\mathrm{MSO} and FO\mathrm{FO} over TMr,p(d)\mathrm{TM}_{r, p}(d) and hence over bounded shrub-depth classes. The proof for the last of these is via an adaptation of the proof of the classical Lindstr\"om's theorem characterizing FO\mathrm{FO} over arbitrary structures.

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@article{arxiv.2010.05799,
  title  = {Some classical model theoretic aspects of bounded shrub-depth classes},
  author = {Abhisekh Sankaran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.05799},
  year   = {2020}
}

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26 pages

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