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Monadic Second-Order Classes of Forests with a Monadic Second-Order 0-1 Law

Logic 2010-04-08 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let \cT\cT be a monadic-second order class of finite trees, and let \bT(x)\bT(x) be its (ordinary) generating function, with radius of convergence ρ\rho. If ρ1\rho \ge 1 then \cT\cT has an explicit specification (without using recursion) in terms of the operations of union, sum, stack, and the multiset operators (n)(n) and (n)(\ge n). Using this, one has an explicit expression for \bT(x)\bT(x) in terms of the initial functions xx and x(1xn)1x\cdot \big(1-x^n\big)^{-1}, the operations of addition and multiplication, and the P\'olya exponentiation operators \sEn,\sEn\sE_n, \sE_{\ge n}. Let \cF\cF be a monadic-second order class of finite forests, and let \bF(x)=nf(n)xn\bF(x)=\sum_n f(n) x^n be its (ordinary) generating function. Suppose \cF\cF is closed under extraction of component trees and sums of forests. Using the above-mentioned structure theory for the class \cT\cT of trees in \cF\cF, 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 \cF\cF has a monadic second-order 0--1 law iff the radius of convergence of \bF(x)\bF(x) is 1 iff the radius of convergence of \bT(x)\bT(x) is 1\ge 1.

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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

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