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Temporal Logic of Minkowski Spacetime

Logic 2022-06-15 v1

Abstract

We present the proof that the temporal logic of two-dimensional Minkowski spacetime is decidable, PSPACE-complete. The proof is based on a type of two-dimensional mosaic. Then we present the modification of the proof so as to work for slower-than-light signals. Finally, a subframe of the slower-than-light Minkowski frame is used to prove the new result that the temporal logic of real intervals with during as the accessibility relation is also PSPACE-complete.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2010.01321,
  title  = {Temporal Logic of Minkowski Spacetime},
  author = {Robin Hirsch and Brett McLean},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.01321},
  year   = {2022}
}
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