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The first-order theory of addition over the natural numbers, known as Presburger arithmetic, is decidable in double exponential time. Adding an uninterpreted unary predicate to the language leads to an undecidable theory. We sharpen the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-03-06 Matthias Horbach , Marco Voigt , Christoph Weidenbach

The theory of addition in the domains of natural (N), integer (Z), rational (Q), real (R) and complex (C) numbers is decidable, so is the theory of multiplication in all those domains. By Godel's Incompleteness Theorem the theory of…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-11-30 Saeed Salehi

We present in this paper a general algorithm for solving first-order formulas in particular theories called "decomposable theories". First of all, using special quantifiers, we give a formal characterization of decomposable theories and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Khalil Djelloul

In this paper we consider a fragment of the first-order theory of the real numbers that includes systems of equations of continuous functions in bounded domains, and for which all functions are computable in the sense that it is possible to…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-08-15 Peter Franek , Stefan Ratschan , Piotr Zgliczynski

This paper enriches preexisting satisfiability tests for unquantified languages, which in turn augment a fragment of Tarski's elementary algebra with unary real functions possessing a continuous first derivative. Two sorts of individual…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-07-04 G. Buriola , D. Cantone , G. Cincotti , E. G. Omodeo , G. T. Spartà

Uniform one-dimensional fragment UF1^= is a formalism obtained from first-order logic by limiting quantification to applications of blocks of existential (universal) quantifiers such that at most one variable remains free in the quantified…

Logic · Mathematics 2014-09-03 Emanuel Kieroński , Antti Kuusisto

For fragments L of first-order logic (FO) with counting quantifiers, we consider the definability problem, which asks whether a given L-formula can be equivalently expressed by a formula in some fragment of L without counting, and the more…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Louwe Kuijer , Tony Tan , Frank Wolter , Michael Zakharyaschev

Given any collection F of computable functions over the reals, we show that there exists an algorithm that, given any L_F-sentence \varphi containing only bounded quantifiers, and any positive rational number \delta, decides either "\varphi…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-05-01 Sicun Gao , Jeremy Avigad , Edmund Clarke

We introduce a first-order theory of finite full binary trees and then identify decidable and undecidable fragments of this theory. We show that the analogue of Hilbert`s 10th Problem is undecidable by constructing a many-to-one reduction…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-11-02 Juvenal Murwanashyaka

Some criticisms that have been raised against the Cox approach to probability theory are addressed. Should we use a single real number to measure a degree of rational belief? Can beliefs be compared? Are the Cox axioms obvious? Are there…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2015-05-14 Ariel Caticha

Many planning formalisms allow for mixing numeric with Boolean effects. However, most of these formalisms are undecidable. In this paper, we will analyze possible causes for this undecidability by studying the number of different…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-07-28 Hayyan Helal , Gerhard Lakemeyer

We classify the propositional modal validities arising from the category of sets under its natural classes of morphisms. The resulting validities depend on the morphism class, the size of the world, and the permitted substitution instances.…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Wojciech Aleksander Wołoszyn

We tackle the issue of representing infinite sets of real- valued vectors. This paper introduces an operator for combining integer and real sets. Using this operator, we decompose three well-known logics extending Presburger with reals. Our…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2008-12-11 Florent Bouchy , Alain Finkel , Jérôme Leroux

In this paper we extend a decision procedure for the Boolean algebra of finite sets with cardinality constraints ($\mathcal{L}_{\lvert\cdot\rvert}$) to a decision procedure for $\mathcal{L}_{\lvert\cdot\rvert}$ extended with set terms…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Maximiliano Cristiá , Gianfranco Rossi

We consider the fragment F of first order arithmetic in which quantification is restricted to ''for all but finitely many.'' We show that the integers form an F-elementary substructure of the real numbers. Consequently, the F-theory of…

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 David Marker , Theodore A. Slaman

We study first-order concatenation theory with bounded quantifiers. We give axiomatizations with interesting properties, and we prove some normal-form results. Finally, we prove a number of decidability and undecidability results.

Logic · Mathematics 2020-03-12 Lars Kristiansen , Juvenal Murwanashyaka

We investigate the properties of formal languages expressible in terms of formulas over quantifier-free theories of word equations, arithmetic over length constraints, and language membership predicates for the classes of regular, visibly…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Joel D. Day , Vijay Ganesh , Nathan Grewal , Florin Manea

Generalised Probabilistic Theories (GPTs) provide a unifying framework encompassing classical theories, quantum theories, as well as hypothetical alternatives. We investigate the problem of extending a system with a finite set of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Serge Massar

Among the various forms of reasoning studied in the context of artificial intelligence, qualitative reasoning makes it possible to infer new knowledge in the context of imprecise, incomplete information without numerical values. In this…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Quentin Cohen-Solal , Alexandre Niveau , Maroua Bouzid

Solving nonlinear SMT problems over real numbers has wide applications in robotics and AI. While significant progress is made in solving quantifier-free SMT formulas in the domain, quantified formulas have been much less investigated. We…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-07-24 Soonho Kong , Armando Solar-Lezama , Sicun Gao