Monadic Second-Order Classes of Forests with a Monadic Second-Order 0-1 Law
Abstract
Let be a monadic-second order class of finite trees, and let be its (ordinary) generating function, with radius of convergence . If then has an explicit specification (without using recursion) in terms of the operations of union, sum, stack, and the multiset operators and . Using this, one has an explicit expression for in terms of the initial functions and , the operations of addition and multiplication, and the P\'olya exponentiation operators . Let be a monadic-second order class of finite forests, and let be its (ordinary) generating function. Suppose is closed under extraction of component trees and sums of forests. Using the above-mentioned structure theory for the class of trees in , Compton's theory of 0--1 laws, and a significantly strengthened version of 2003 results of Bell and Burris on generating functions, we show that has a monadic second-order 0--1 law iff the radius of convergence of is 1 iff the radius of convergence of is .
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@article{arxiv.1004.1128,
title = {Monadic Second-Order Classes of Forests with a Monadic Second-Order 0-1 Law},
author = {Jason Bell and Stanley Burris and Karen Yeats},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.1128},
year = {2010}
}
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18 pages