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Parameterized complexity of n-dense modal logics

Logic in Computer Science 2026-04-21 v1

Abstract

Exact tight bounds of the complexity of the satisfiability problem for dense modal logics is a difficult question, likely somewhere between \PSPACE\PSPACE and \EXPSPACE\EXPSPACE depending of the logic under question. For a class of them, called here nn-dense logics (characterized by axioms npp\Box^n p\rightarrow \Box p), we refine the known results -- membership in \NEXPTIME\NEXPTIME -- in the light of parameterized complexity, as introduced in \cite{Downey}, and prove that they belong to the parameterized class para-\PSPACE\PSPACE: there exists a poly-space algorithm once the modal depth of the input is considered as a parameter. This is done by generalizing the novel analysis tool introduced in \cite{BalGasq25}, and therein called windows, to \emph{recursive windows}.

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@article{arxiv.2604.16488,
  title  = {Parameterized complexity of n-dense modal logics},
  author = {Olivier Gasquet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.16488},
  year   = {2026}
}
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