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Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Arnaud Bodin , Pierre Dèbes , Salah Najib

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

This paper introduces a robust class of functions from finite words to integers that we call Z-polyregular functions. We show that it admits natural characterizations in terms of logics, Z-rational expressions, Z-rational series and…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-19 Thomas Colcombet , Gaëtan Douéneau-Tabot , Aliaume Lopez

We introduce a high-level language with Python-like syntax for string-to-string, polyregular, first-order definable transductions. This language features function calls, boolean variables, and nested for-loops. We devise and implement a…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Aliaume Lopez , Rafał Stefański

The following numerical control over the topological equivalence is proved: two complex polynomials in $n\not= 3$ variables and with isolated singularities are topologically equivalent if one deforms into the other by a continuous family of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Arnaud Bodin , Mihai Tibar

We prove first-order definability of the prime subring inside polynomial rings, whose coefficient rings are (commutative unital) reduced and indecomposable. This is achieved by means of a uniform formula in the language of rings with…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-05-22 Marco Barone , Nicolás Caro , Eudes Naziazeno

Regular functions from infinite words to infinite words can be equivalently specified by MSO-transducers, streaming $\omega$-string transducers as well as deterministic two-way transducers with look-ahead. In their one-way restriction, the…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-19 V. Dave , E. Filiot , S. Krishna , N. Lhote

The Regular Post Embedding Problem extended with partial (co)directness is shown decidable. This extends to universal and/or counting versions. It is also shown that combining directness and codirectness in Post Embedding problems leads to…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-07-07 Prateek Karandikar , Philippe Schnoebelen

We consider expressions built up from binary relation names using the operators union, composition, and set difference. We show that it is undecidable to test whether a given such expression $e$ is finitely satisfiable, i.e., whether there…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-06-03 Tony Tan , Jan Van den Bussche , Xiaowang Zhang

We consider decision problems for relations over finite and infinite words defined by finite automata. We prove that the equivalence problem for binary deterministic rational relations over infinite words is undecidable in contrast to the…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Christof Löding , Christopher Spinrath

We study the computational complexity of a robust version of the problem of testing two univariate C-finite functions for eventual inequality at large times. Specifically, working in the bit-model of real computation, we consider the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Eike Neumann

Higher-order processes with parameterization are capable of abstraction and application (migrated from the lambda-calculus), and thus are computationally more expressive. For the minimal higher-order concurrency, it is well-known that the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-08-25 Xian Xu , Wenbo Zhang

Due to the undecidability of most type-related properties of System F like type inhabitation or type checking, restricted polymorphic systems have been widely investigated (the most well-known being ML-polymorphism). In this paper we…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-05-04 Paolo Pistone , Luca Tranchini

We show that for any class of Boolean algebras with an associative operator, if it contains the complex algebra of (P(N), U), its equational theory is undecidable. Equivalently, any associative normal modal logic valid over the frame (P(N),…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Søren Brinck Knudstorp

Higher-order unification has been shown to be undecidable. Miller discovered the pattern fragment and subsequently showed that higher-order pattern unification is decidable and has most general unifiers. We extend the algorithm to…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-04-18 Zhibo Chen , Frank Pfenning

We prove the undecidability of the third order pattern matching problem in typed lambda-calculi with dependent types and in those with type constructors by reducing the second order unification problem to them.

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-09-22 Gilles Dowek

We consider first-order logics of sequences ordered by the subsequence ordering, aka sequence embedding. We show that the \Sigma_2 theory is undecidable, answering a question left open by Kuske. Regarding fragments with a bounded number of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-07-07 Prateek Karandikar , Philippe Schnoebelen

In this manuscript we present a detailed proof for undecidability of the equivalence of finite substitutions on regular language $b\{0,1\}^*c$. The proof is based on the works of Leonid P. Lisovik.

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-01 Vesa Halava

This paper studies the problem of synthesizing (lexicographic) polynomial ranking functions for loops that can be described in polynomial arithmetic over integers and reals. While the analogous ranking function synthesis problem for linear…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Shaowei Zhu , Zachary Kincaid

We construct an example of a group $G = \mathbb{Z}^2 \times G_0$ for a finite abelian group $G_0$, a subset $E$ of $G_0$, and two finite subsets $F_1,F_2$ of $G$, such that it is undecidable in ZFC whether $\mathbb{Z}^2\times E$ can be…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Rachel Greenfeld , Terence Tao