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Logical properties of random graphs from small addable classes

Logic in Computer Science 2023-06-22 v4 Logic

Abstract

We establish zero-one laws and convergence laws for monadic second-order logic (MSO) (and, a fortiori, first-order logic) on a number of interesting graph classes. In particular, we show that MSO obeys a zero-one law on the class of connected planar graphs, the class of connected graphs of tree-width at most kk and the class of connected graphs excluding the kk-clique as a minor. In each of these cases, dropping the connectivity requirement leads to a class where the zero-one law fails but a convergence law for MSO still holds.

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@article{arxiv.1707.02081,
  title  = {Logical properties of random graphs from small addable classes},
  author = {Anuj Dawar and Eryk Kopczyński},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.02081},
  year   = {2023}
}
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