Satisfiability in {\L}ukasiewicz logic and its unbounded relative
Abstract
Unbounded {\L}ukasiewicz logic is a substructural logic that combines features of infinite-valued {\L}ukasiewicz logic with those of abelian logic. The logic is finitely strongly complete w.r.t.~the additive -group on the reals expanded with a distinguished element . We show that the existential theory of this structure is NP-complete. This provides a complexity upper bound for the set of theorems and the finite consequence relation of unbounded {\L}ukasiewicz logic. The result is obtained by reducing the problem to the existential theory of the MV-algebra on the reals, the standard semantics of {\L}ukasiewicz logic. This provides a new connection between both logics. The result entails a translation of the existential theory of the standard MV-algebra into itself.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2601.00817,
title = {Satisfiability in {\L}ukasiewicz logic and its unbounded relative},
author = {Zuzana Haniková and Filip Jankovec},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.00817},
year = {2026}
}