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The Polynomial Hierarchy and $\omega$-categorical CSPs

Logic in Computer Science 2026-04-28 v1

Abstract

In 2008, Bodirsky and Grohe showed that for every ΠnP\Pi_n^{\mathrm{P}}-level of the Polynomial Hierarchy (PH) there are ω\omega-categorical Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs) complete for this level. We show that, in fact, there are ω\omega-categorical CSPs complete for any level of the PH. To this end, we use a recent result of Bodirsky, Kn\"{a}uer, and Rudolph for constructing ω\omega-categorical CSPs from sentences of Monadic Second-Order logic (MSO) with certain preservation properties. As a secondary contribution, we develop a new tool for producing MSO sentences satisfying said preservation properties.

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@article{arxiv.2604.24539,
  title  = {The Polynomial Hierarchy and $\omega$-categorical CSPs},
  author = {Santiago Guzmán Pro and Jakub Rydval},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.24539},
  year   = {2026}
}

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20 pages