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TR07-008 | 27th November 2006
Philipp Weis, Neil Immerman

Structure Theorem and Strict Alternation Hierarchy for FO^2 on Words

It is well-known that every first-order property on words is expressible
using at most three variables. The subclass of properties expressible with
only two variables is also quite interesting and well-studied. We prove
precise structure theorems that characterize the exact expressive power of
first-order logic with two variables on words. ... more >>>


TR04-100 | 23rd November 2004
Eric Allender, Michael Bauland, Neil Immerman, Henning Schnoor, Heribert Vollmer

The Complexity of Satisfiability Problems: Refining Schaefer's Theorem

Revisions: 1

Schaefer proved in 1978 that the Boolean constraint satisfaction problem for a given constraint language is either in P or is NP-complete, and identified all tractable cases. Schaefer's dichotomy theorem actually shows that there are at most two constraint satisfaction problems, up to polynomial-time isomorphism (and these isomorphism types are ... more >>>




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