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Trakhtenbrot theorem and first-order axiomatic extensions of MTL

Logic 2014-07-10 v3

Abstract

In 1950, B.A. Trakhtenbrot showed that the set of first-order tautologies associated to finite models is not recursively enumerable. In 1999, P. H\'ajek generalized this result to the first-order versions of \L ukasiewicz, G\"odel and Product logics. In this paper we extend the analysis to the first-order axiomatic extensions of MTL. Our main result is the following. Let L be an axiomatic extension L of MTL s.t. TAUTL_\text{L} is decidable, and whose corresponding variety is generated by a chain: for every generic L-chain A\mathcal{A} the set fTAUTA^\mathcal{A}_{\forall} (the set of first-order tautologies associated to the finite A\mathcal{A}-models) is Π1\Pi_1. Moreover, if in addition L is an extension of BL or an extension of SMTL or an extension of WNM, then for every generic L-chain A\mathcal{A} the set fTAUTA^\mathcal{A}_{\forall} is Π1\Pi_1-complete. More in general, for every axiomatic extension L of MTL s.t. TAUTL_\text{L} is decidable there is no L-chain A\mathcal{A} such that L\forall is complete w.r.t. the class of finite A\mathcal{A}-models. We have negative results also if we expand the language with the Δ\Delta operator.

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@article{arxiv.1403.0812,
  title  = {Trakhtenbrot theorem and first-order axiomatic extensions of MTL},
  author = {Matteo Bianchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.0812},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

This is an updated and revised version of arXiv:1403.0812v2. Some errors in some statement of theorems and proofs has been corrected: also, some references has been added or updated