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The HOM-problem asks whether the image of a regular tree language under a given tree homomorphism is again regular. It was recently shown to be decidable by Godoy, Gim\'enez, Ramos, and \`Alvarez. In this paper, the N-weighted version of…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-09 Andreas Maletti , Andreea-Teodora Nász , Erik Paul

We consider extensions of monadic second order logic over $\omega$-words, which are obtained by adding one language that is not $\omega$-regular. We show that if the added language $L$ has a neutral letter, then the resulting logic is…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-24 Mikołaj Bojańczyk , Edon Kelmendi , Rafał Stefański , Georg Zetzsche

We show that the equivalence of deterministic linear top-down tree-to-word transducers is decidable in polynomial time. Linear tree-to-word transducers are non-copying but not necessarily order-preserving and can be used to express XML and…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-14 Adrien Boiret , Raphaela Palenta

Word equations are a crucial element in the theoretical foundation of constraint solving over strings. A word equation relates two words over string variables and constants. Its solution amounts to a function mapping variables to constant…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Anthony W. Lin , Rupak Majumdar

With each semigroup one can associate a partial algebra, called the biordered set, which captures important algebraic and geometric features of the structure of idempotents of that semigroup. For a biordered set $\mathcal{E}$, one can…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-10-07 Igor Dolinka

In this paper, we investigate the problem of synthesizing computable functions of infinite words over an infinite alphabet (data $\omega$-words). The notion of computability is defined through Turing machines with infinite inputs which can…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Léo Exibard , Emmanuel Filiot , Nathan Lhote , Pierre-Alain Reynier

We study the complexity of computation in finitely generated free left, right and two-sided adequate semigroups and monoids. We present polynomial time (quadratic in the RAM model of computation) algorithms to solve the word problem and…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2013-12-02 Mark Kambites , Alexandr Kazda

This paper introduces a generic framework that provides sufficient conditions for guaranteeing polynomial-time decidability of fixed-negation fragments of first-order theories that adhere to certain fixed-parameter tractability…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Christoph Haase , Alessio Mansutti , Amaury Pouly

We show that each level of the quantifier alternation hierarchy within FO^2[<] -- the 2-variable fragment of the first order logic of order on words -- is a variety of languages. We then use the notion of condensed rankers, a refinement of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-05-13 Manfred Kufleitner , Pascal Weil

The CSP of a first-order theory $T$ is the problem of deciding for a given finite set $S$ of atomic formulas whether $T \cup S$ is satisfiable. Let $T_1$ and $T_2$ be two theories with countably infinite models and disjoint signatures.…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Manuel Bodirsky , Johannes Greiner

Given two weighted automata, we consider the problem of whether one is big-O of the other, i.e., if the weight of every finite word in the first is not greater than some constant multiple of the weight in the second. We show that the…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Dmitry Chistikov , Stefan Kiefer , Andrzej S. Murawski , David Purser

Higher-order beta-matching is the following decision problem: given two simply typed lambda-terms, can the first term be instantiated to be beta-equivalent to the second term? This problem was formulated by Huet in the 1970s and shown…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Andrej Dudenhefner

The HOM problem, which asks whether the image of a regular tree language under a given tree homomorphism is again regular, is known to be decidable [Godoy & Gim\'enez: The HOM problem is decidable. JACM 60(4), 2013]. However, the problem…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-08 Andreas Maletti , Andreea-Teodora Nász

The Whitehead minimization problem consists in finding a minimum size element in the automorphic orbit of a word, a cyclic word or a finitely generated subgroup in a finite rank free group. We give the first fully polynomial algorithm to…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2008-01-06 Abdó Roig , Enric Ventura , Pascal Weil

Word equations are a crucial element in the theoretical foundation of constraint solving over strings, which have received a lot of attention in recent years. A word equation relates two words over string variables and constants. Its…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-05-18 Anthony W. Lin , Rupak Majumdar

We prove that the Word problem in the Baumslag group G(1,2) which has a non-elementary Dehn function is decidable in polynomial time.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2011-02-15 Alexei Miasnikov , Alexander Ushakov , Dong Wook Won

In this paper, the Identity Problem for certain groups, which asks if the subsemigroup generated by a given finite set of elements contains the identity element, is related to problems regarding ordered groups. Notably, the Identity Problem…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Corentin Bodart , Laura Ciobanu , George Metcalfe

We construct an extension $E(A,G)$ of a given group $G$ by infinite non-Archimedean words over an discretely ordered abelian group like $Z^n$. This yields an effective and uniform method to study various groups that "behave like $G$". We…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2011-02-08 Volker Diekert , Alexei Myasnikov

We prove that the word problem is undecidable in functionally recursive groups, and that the order problem is undecidable in automata groups, even under the assumption that they are contracting.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-11-28 Laurent Bartholdi , Ivan Mitrofanov

We investigate the decidability and complexity status of model-checking problems on unlabelled reachability graphs of Petri nets by considering first-order and modal languages without labels on transitions or atomic propositions on…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Philippe Darondeau , Stephane Demri , Roland Meyer , Christophe Morvan