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Substitutions of variables are finitely axiomatizable over quantifications and permutations

Logic 2025-06-17 v1

Abstract

This paper proves that the equational theory of the class RAαcspRA_{\alpha}^{csp} of representable polyadic algebras is finitely axiomatizable over its substitution-free reduct RAαcpRA_{\alpha}^{cp}, for finite α\alpha. That is, substitutions of variables in finite variable first-order logic can be described by finitely many axioms over the Boolean operations, existential quantifiers and permutations of variables.

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@article{arxiv.2506.12458,
  title  = {Substitutions of variables are finitely axiomatizable over quantifications and permutations},
  author = {Hajnal Andréka and Zalán Gyenis and István Németi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.12458},
  year   = {2025}
}