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This paper studies the complexity of query evaluation for databases whose relations are partially ordered; the problem commonly arises when combining or transforming ordered data from multiple sources. We focus on queries in a useful…

Databases · Computer Science 2019-05-30 Antoine Amarilli , Mouhamadou Lamine Ba , Daniel Deutch , Pierre Senellart

This is a collection of open problems in group theory proposed by hundreds of mathematicians from all over the world. It has been published every 2--4 years since 1965. This is the 21st edition, which contains 150 new problems and a number…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-13 E. I. Khukhro , V. D. Mazurov

We deal with the monadic (second-order) theory of order. We prove all known results in a unified way, show a general way of reduction, prove more results and show the limitation on extending them. We prove (CH) that the monadic theory of…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-05-02 Saharon Shelah

Unrefinable partitions are a subset of partitions into distinct parts which satisfy an additional unrefinability property. More precisely, being an unrefinable partition means that none of the parts can be written as the sum of smaller…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-11 Riccardo Aragona , Lorenzo Campioni , Roberto Civino , Massimo Lauria

Inspired by the the Kourovka Notebook of unsolved problems in group theory [KhukhMaz2024], this is a notebook of unsolved problems in the combinatorics of tableaux. Contributions to the notebook are invited.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Dale R. Worley

In recent years, much work in descriptive set theory has been focused on the Borel complexity of naturally occurring classification problems, in particular, the study of countable Borel equivalence relations and their structure under the…

Logic · Mathematics 2013-06-07 Jay Williams

The Carlson-Simpson lemma is a combinatorial statement occurring in the proof of the Dual Ramsey theorem. Formulated in terms of variable words, it informally asserts that given any finite coloring of the strings, there is an infinite…

Logic · Mathematics 2018-05-21 Lu Liu , Benoit Monin , Ludovic Patey

We study a conjecture by Deaconescu on the solubility of finite groups with claims that if more than half of the elements in a finite group has the same order $k$, then the group is soluble. We show that the original conjecture fails by…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Ryan McCulloch , Lee Tae Young

This paper addresses the problem of decomposing a numerical semigroup into m-irreducible numerical semigroups. The problem originally stated in algebraic terms is translated, introducing the so called Kunz-coordinates, to resolve a series…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-01-24 Víctor Blanco , Justo Puerto

The set of finitely generated subgroups of the group $PL_+(I)$ of orientation-preserving piecewise-linear homeomorphisms of the unit interval includes many important groups, most notably R.~Thompson's group $F$. In this paper we show that…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-23 Collin Bleak , Tara Brough , Susan Hermiller

The show that the upper-left-corner problem and upper-right-corner problem for matrix groups with rational entries are undecidable. To reach this aim, we answer a question of Dixon from 1985 by proving the undecidability of the stabilizer…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-25 Emmanuel Breuillard , Georgi Kocharyan

We develop an algebraic notion of recognizability for languages of words indexed by countable linear orderings. We prove that this notion is effectively equivalent to definability in monadic second-order (MSO) logic. We also provide three…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-05-30 Olivier Carton , Thomas Colcombet , Gabriele Puppis

Our focus will be on the computably enumerable (c.e.) sets and trivial, non-trivial, Friedberg, and non-Friedberg splits of the c.e. sets. Every non-computable set has a non-trivial Friedberg split. Moreover, this theorem is uniform. V. Yu.…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-08-09 Peter Cholak

A quantum computer can efficiently find the order of an element in a group, factors of composite integers, discrete logarithms, stabilisers in Abelian groups, and `hidden' or `unknown' subgroups of Abelian groups. It is already known how to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michele Mosca , Artur Ekert

Computability logic is a formal theory of computational tasks and resources. Its formulas represent interactive computational problems, logical operators stand for operations on computational problems, and validity of a formula is…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-04-15 Giorgi Japaridze

Let $K=Z/pZ$ and let $A$ be a subset of $\GL_r(K)$ such that $<A>$ is solvable. We reduce the study of the growth of $A$ under the group operation to the nilpotent setting. Specifically we prove that either $A$ grows rapidly (meaning…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-09-11 Nick Gill , Harald Andres Helfgott

Solomonoff unified Occam's razor and Epicurus' principle of multiple explanations to one elegant, formal, universal theory of inductive inference, which initiated the field of algorithmic information theory. His central result is that the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2011-11-09 Marcus Hutter

We prove that if $A$ is a computable Hopfian finitely presented structure, then $A$ has a computable $d$-$\Sigma_2$ Scott sentence if and only if the weak Whitehead problem for $A$ is decidable. We use this to infer that every hyperbolic…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-03-28 Gianluca Paolini

In this paper, we first briefly survey automated termination proof methods for higher-order calculi. We then concentrate on the higher-order recursive path ordering, for which we provide an improved definition, the Computability Path…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2008-12-18 Frédéric Blanqui , Jean-Pierre Jouannaud , Albert Rubio

It is proved that the first-order theory of the structure (N,mod) is undecidable. Here mod denotes the operation of computing the remainder for any division between positive integers; i.e. x mod y is the remainder obtained by the division x…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-06-05 Mihai Prunescu