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Sequential Constraint Grammar (SCG) (Karlsson, 1990) and its extensions have lacked clear connections to formal language theory. The purpose of this article is to lay a foundation for these connections by simplifying the definition of…

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String matching is the problem of deciding whether a given $n$-bit string contains a given $k$-bit pattern. We study the complexity of this problem in three settings. Communication complexity. For small $k$, we provide near-optimal upper…

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In this paper we investigate formal verification problems for Neural Network computations. Various reachability problems will be in the focus, such as: Given symbolic specifications of allowed inputs and outputs in form of Linear…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-06-12 Adrian Wurm

Numbers and numerical vectors account for a large portion of data. However, recently the amount of string data generated has increased dramatically. Consequently, classifying string data is a common problem in many fields. The most widely…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-02-24 Hitoshi Koyano , Morihiro Hayashida , Tatsuya Akutsu

This paper studies Linear Temporal Logic over Finite Traces (LTLf) where proposition letters are replaced with first-order formulas interpreted over arbitrary theories, in the spirit of Satisfiability Modulo Theories. The resulting logic,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-05-25 Luca Geatti , Alessandro Gianola , Nicola Gigante

We consider the canonical quantization scheme for $c \leq 1$ ($(p,q)$ -) string theories and compare it with what is known from matrix model approach. We derive explicitly a trivial ($\equiv $ topological) solution. We discuss a ``dressing"…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Kharchev , A. Marshakov

String diagrams are an increasingly popular algebraic language for the analysis of graphical models of computations across different research fields. Whereas string diagrams have been thoroughly studied as semantic structures, much less…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-04 Paul Wilson , Fabio Zanasi

We relate the computational complexity of finite strings to universal representations of their underlying symmetries. First, Boolean functions are classified using the universal covering topologies of the circuits which enumerate them. A…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-09-20 John Scoville

The problem of deciding whether CSP instances admit solutions has been deeply studied in the literature, and several structural tractability results have been derived so far. However, constraint satisfaction comes in practice as a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-07-19 Gianluigi Greco , Francesco Scarcello

The complexity class $NP$ can be logically characterized both through existential second order logic $SO\exists$, as proven by Fagin, and through simulating a Turing machine via the satisfiability problem of propositional logic SAT, as…

Logic · Mathematics 2014-10-21 Tuomo Kauranne

The combination of uninterpreted function symbols and universal quantification occurs in many applications of automated reasoning, for example, due to their ability to reason about arrays. Yet the satisfiability of such formulas is, in…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Stefan Ratschan , Anggha Nugraha , Mikoláš Janota , Marek Dančo

We present decidability results for termination of classes of term rewriting systems modulo permutative theories. Termination and innermost termination modulo permutative theories are shown to be decidable for term rewrite systems (TRS)…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Luis Barguno , Guillem Godoy , Eduard Huntingford , Ashish Tiwari

String theory has been the dominating research field in theoretical physics during the last decades. Despite the considerable time elapse, no new testable predictions have been derived by string theorists and it is understandable that…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2011-10-12 Lars-Göran Johansson , Keizo Matsubara

We present a new approach for solving string equations as extensions of Nielsen transformations. Key to our work are the combination of three techniques: a power operator for strings; generalisations of Parikh images; and equality…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Clemens Eisenhofer , Theodor Seiser , Nikolaj S. Bjørner , Laura Kovács

Motivated by the quest for a logic for PTIME and recent insights that the descriptive complexity of problems from linear algebra is a crucial aspect of this problem, we study the solvability of linear equation systems over finite groups and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Anuj Dawar , Eryk Kopczynski , Bjarki Holm , Erich Grädel , Wied Pakusa

We establish the decidability of the $\Sigma_2$ theory of both the arithmetic and hyperarithmetic degrees in the language of uppersemilattices i.e. the language with $\leq, 0$ and $\sqcup$. This is achieved by using Kumabe-Slaman forcing -…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-06-24 James Barnes

String theory is the most promising candidate theory for a unified description of all fundamental forces exist in the nature. It provides a mathematical framework that combine quantum theory with Einstein's general theory of relativity. But…

General Physics · Physics 2012-09-26 S. Sahoo

We show that under Dickson's conjecture about the distribution of primes in the natural numbers, the theory Th(Z,+,1,0,Pr) where Pr is a predicate for the prime numbers and their negations is decidable, unstable and supersimple. This is in…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-02-16 Itay Kaplan , Saharon Shelah

In this note we give a simple unifying proof of the undecidability of several diagrammatic properties of term rewriting systems that include: local confluence, strong confluence, diamond property, subcommutative property, and the existence…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-10-22 António Malheiro , Paulo Guilherme Santos

Recent work by Faizal et al. (2025) claims that G\"odelian undecidability of non-algorithmic truths in our universe imply the impossibility of a formal, algorithmic simulation of the universe. This paper clarifies the distinction between…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Evan Redden