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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

In previous papers on this project a general static logical framework for formalizing and mechanizing set theories of different strength was suggested, and the power of some predicatively acceptable theories in that framework was explored.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Arnon Avron , Liron Cohen

Recently, it was shown that any theory of strings containing the string-replace function (even the most restricted version where pattern/replacement strings are both constant strings) becomes undecidable if we do not impose some kind of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-11-10 Taolue Chen , Yan Chen , Matthew Hague , Anthony W. Lin , Zhilin Wu

The finite satisfiability problem for the two-variable fragment of first-order logic interpreted over trees was recently shown to be ExpSpace-complete. We consider two extensions of this logic. We show that adding either additional binary…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-11-28 Bartosz Bednarczyk , Witold Charatonik , Emanuel Kieroński

In this work, we extend undecidability of language equivalence for two-dimensional Vector Addition System with States (VASS) accepting by coverability condition. We show that the problem is undecidable even when one of the two-dimensional…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Wojciech Czerwiński , Łukasz Orlikowski

We prove that for any integers $\alpha, \beta > 1$, the existential fragment of the first-order theory of the structure $\langle \mathbb{Z}; 0,1,<, +, \alpha^{\mathbb{N}}, \beta^{\mathbb{N}}\rangle$ is decidable (where $\alpha^{\mathbb{N}}$…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Toghrul Karimov , Florian Luca , Joris Nieuwveld , Joël Ouaknine , James Worrell

The finite satisfiability problem of monadic second order logic is decidable only on classes of structures of bounded tree-width by the classic result of Seese (1991). We prove the following problem is decidable: Input: (i) A monadic second…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-04-19 Tomer Kotek , Helmut Veith , Florian Zuleger

The reachability problem for vector addition systems is a central problem of net theory. This problem is known to be decidable but the complexity is still unknown. Whereas the problem is EXPSPACE-hard, no elementary upper bounds complexity…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-08-11 Jérôme Leroux

In this paper, we consider the satisfiability problem for string logic with equations, regular membership and Presburger constraints over length functions. The difficulty comes from multiple occurrences of string variables making…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-10-12 Quang Loc Le

The study of word equations (or the existential theory of equations over free monoids) is a central topic in mathematics and theoretical computer science. The problem of deciding whether a given word equation has a solution was shown to be…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-02-05 Joel Day , Vijay Ganesh , Paul He , Florin Manea , Dirk Nowotka

We show that the decidability of the first-order theory of the language that combines Boolean algebras of sets of uninterpreted elements with Presburger arithmetic operations. We thereby disprove a recent conjecture that this theory is…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Viktor Kuncak , Martin Rinard

This paper investigates $\exists\mathbb{R}(r^{\mathbb{Z}})$, that is the extension of the existential theory of the reals by an additional unary predicate $r^{\mathbb{Z}}$ for the integer powers of a fixed computable real number $r > 0$. If…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Jorge Gallego-Hernández , Alessio Mansutti

We investigate the decidability of the monadic second-order (MSO) theory of the structure $\langle \mathbb{N};<,P_1, \ldots,P_d \rangle$, for various unary predicates $P_1,\ldots,P_d \subseteq \mathbb{N}$. We focus in particular on…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Valérie Berthé , Toghrul Karimov , Joris Nieuwveld , Joël Ouaknine , Mihir Vahanwala , James Worrell

We study interactions between Skolem Arithmetic and certain classes of Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs). We revisit results of Glass er et al. in the context of CSPs and settle the major open question from that paper, finding a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-04-17 Christian Glasser , Peter Jonsson , Barnaby Martin

First-order predicate logic extended with linear arithmetic is undecidable, in general. We show that the Bernays-Sch\"onfinkel-Ramsey (BSR) fragment extended with linear arithmetic restricted to simple bounds (SB) is decidable through…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-01-07 Marco Voigt , Christoph Weidenbach

This paper provides an NP procedure that decides whether a linear-exponential system of constraints has an integer solution. Linear-exponential systems extend standard integer linear programs with exponential terms $2^x$ and remainder terms…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-07-10 Dmitry Chistikov , Alessio Mansutti , Mikhail R. Starchak

The \emph{Entscheidungsproblem}, or the classical decision problem, asks whether a given formula of first-order logic is satisfiable. In this work, we consider an extension of this problem to regular first-order \emph{theories}, i.e.,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Umang Mathur , David Mestel , Mahesh Viswanathan

We address the satisfiability problem for string constraints that combine relational constraints represented by transducers, word equations, and string length constraints. This problem is undecidable in general. Therefore, we propose a new…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-11 Parosh Aziz Abdulla , Mohamed Faouzi Atig Bui Phi Diep , Lukáš Holík , Petr Janků

Although reasoning about equations over strings has been extensively studied for several decades, little research has been done for equational reasoning on general clauses over strings. This paper introduces a new superposition calculus…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-03-12 Dohan Kim

We consider the satisfiability problem for the two-variable fragment of the first-order logic extended with modulo counting quantifiers and interpreted over finite words or trees. We prove a small-model property of this logic, which gives a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-10-17 Bartosz Bednarczyk , Witold Charatonik