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Julia Robinson has given a first-order definition of the rational integers Z in the rational numbers Q by a formula (\forall \exists \forall \exists)(F=0) where the \forall-quantifiers run over a total of 8 variables, and where F is a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gunther Cornelissen , Karim Zahidi

There are exactly two maximal schematic extensions of the relevant logic R with the variable sharing property. We establish that one of them has a strong form of interpolation for deducibility, thereby giving an example of a well-known…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Wesley Fussner , Andrew Tedder

We prove that the positive fragment of first-order intuitionistic logic in the language with two variables and a single monadic predicate letter, without constants and equality, is undecidable. This holds true regardless of whether we…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-06-14 Mikhail Rybakov , Dmitry Shkatov

Which choices of truth tables and consequence relations for two logics $\mathsf{L}_1$ and $\mathsf{L}_2$ ensure the satisfaction of the following split interpolation property: If two formulas $\phi$ and $\psi$ share at least one…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-03-28 Quentin Blomet

In this chapter we give a basic overview of known results regarding Craig interpolation for first-order logic as well as for fragments of first-order logic. Our aim is to provide an entry point into the literature on interpolation theorems…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Balder ten Cate , Jesse Comer

We present a proof-theoretical study of the interpretability logic IL, providing a wellfounded and a non-wellfounded sequent calculus for IL. The non-wellfounded calculus is used to establish a cut elimination argument for both calculi. In…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Sebastijan Horvat , Borja Sierra Miranda , Thomas Studer

We study the Lyndon interpolation property (LIP) and the uniform Lyndon interpolation property (ULIP) for extensions of $\mathbf{S4}$ and intermediate propositional logics. We prove that among the 18 consistent normal modal logics of finite…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Taishi Kurahashi

Tabular intermediate logics are intermediate logics characterized by finite posets treated as Kripke frames. For a poset $\mathbb{P}$, let $L(\mathbb{P})$ denote the corresponding tabular intermediate logic. We investigate the complexity of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Paweł Rzążewski , Michał Stronkowski

We study the satisfiability problem for the two-variable first-order logic over structures with one transitive relation. % We show that the problem is decidable in 2-NExpTime for the fragment consisting of formulas where existential…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-04-10 Wiesław Szwast , Lidia Tendera

We consider first-order logic over the subword ordering on finite words, where each word is available as a constant. Our first result is that the $\Sigma_1$ theory is undecidable (already over two letters). We investigate the decidability…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-09-27 Simon Halfon , Philippe Schnoebelen , Georg Zetzsche

This article fits in the area of research that investigates the application of topological duality methods to problems that appear in theoretical computer science. One of the eventual goals of this approach is to derive results in…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-01-05 Mehdi Zaïdi

The paper presents a solution to the long-standing question about the decidability of the two-variable fragment of the superintuitionistic predicate logic $\mathbf{QLC}$ defined by the class of linear Kripke frames, which is also the…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-10-06 Mikhail Rybakov

It is known that the set of tautologies of second order intuitionistic propositional logic, $\mathrm{IPC} 2$, is undecidable. Here, we prove that the sets of formulas of $\mathrm{IPC} 2$ which are true in the algebra of open subsets of…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-12-22 Konrad Zdanowski

We study the two-variable fragments D^2 and IF^2 of dependence logic and independence-friendly logic. We consider the satisfiability and finite satisfiability problems of these logics and show that for D^2, both problems are…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-04-19 Juha Kontinen , Antti Kuusisto , Peter Lohmann , Jonni Virtema

Craig's interpolation theorem (Craig 1957) is an important theorem known for propositional logic and first-order logic. It says that if a logical formula $\beta$ logically follows from a formula $\alpha$, then there is a formula $\gamma$,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Eyal Amir

Interval temporal logics provide a general framework for temporal reasoning about interval structures over linearly ordered domains, where intervals are taken as the primitive ontological entities. In this paper, we identify all fragments…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-10-10 Davide Bresolin , Dario Della Monica , Angelo Montanari , Pietro Sala , Guido Sciavicco

While modal extensions of decidable fragments of first-order logic are usually undecidable, their monodic counterparts, in which formulas in the scope of modal operators have at most one free variable, are typically decidable. This only…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-09-11 Alessandro Artale , Christopher Hampson , Roman Kontchakov , Andrea Mazzullo , Frank Wolter

We show that the guarded-negation fragment is, in a precise sense, the smallest extension of the guarded fragment with Craig interpolation. In contrast, we show that full first-order logic is the smallest extension of both the two-variable…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Balder ten Cate , Jesse Comer

We investigate the decidability of the definability problem for fragments of first order logic over finite words enriched with modular predicates. Our approach aims toward the most generic statements that we could achieve, which…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-11-16 Luc Dartois , Charles Paperman