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The Computational Compexity of Decision Problem in Additive Extensions of Nonassociative Lambek Calculus

Logic in Computer Science 2014-03-14 v1 Computational Complexity

Abstract

We analyze the complexity of decision problems for Boolean Nonassociative Lambek Calculus admitting empty antecedent of sequents (BFNL\mathsf{BFNL^*}), and the consequence relation of Distributive Full Nonassociative Lambek Calculus (DFNL\mathsf{DFNL}). We construct a polynomial reduction from modal logic K\mathsf{K} into BFNL\mathsf{BFNL^*}. As a consequence, we prove that the decision problem for BFNL\mathsf{BFNL^*} is PSPACE-hard. We also prove that the same result holds for the consequence relation of DFNL, by reducing BFNL\mathsf{BFNL^*} in polynomial time to DFNL enriched with finite set of assumptions. Finally, we prove analogous results for variants of BFNL\mathsf{BFNL^*}, including BFNLe\mathsf{BFNL^*e} (BFNL\mathsf{BFNL^*} with exchange), modal extensions of BFNLi\mathsf{BFNL^*_i} and BFNLei\mathsf{BFNL^*_{ei}} for i{K,T,K4,S4,S5}i \in \{\mathsf{K}, \mathsf{T}, \mathsf{K4}, \mathsf{S4}, \mathsf{S5}\}.

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@article{arxiv.1403.3157,
  title  = {The Computational Compexity of Decision Problem in Additive Extensions of Nonassociative Lambek Calculus},
  author = {Zhe Lin and Minghui Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.3157},
  year   = {2014}
}

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