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Satisfiability in {\L}ukasiewicz logic and its unbounded relative

Logic 2026-05-28 v2 Logic in Computer Science

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 \ell-group on the reals expanded with a distinguished element 1-1. 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.

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@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}
}
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