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$\Pi_{2}^{P}$ vs PSpace Dichotomy for the Quantified Constraint Satisfaction Problem

Computational Complexity 2024-10-22 v2 Logic in Computer Science Logic

Abstract

The Quantified Constraint Satisfaction Problem is the problem of evaluating a sentence with both quantifiers, over relations from some constraint language, with conjunction as the only connective. We show that for any constraint language on a finite domain the Quantified Constraint Satisfaction Problem is either in Π2P\Pi_{2}^{P}, or PSpace-complete. Additionally, we build a constraint language on a 6-element domain such that the Quantified Constraint Satisfaction Problem over this language is Π2P\Pi_{2}^{P}-complete.

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@article{arxiv.2404.03844,
  title  = {$\Pi_{2}^{P}$ vs PSpace Dichotomy for the Quantified Constraint Satisfaction Problem},
  author = {Dmitriy Zhuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.03844},
  year   = {2024}
}

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