0-1-LAWS BY PRESERVATION

Authors
Citation
T. Lacoste, 0-1-LAWS BY PRESERVATION, Theoretical computer science, 184(1-2), 1997, pp. 237-245
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Computer Science Theory & Methods
ISSN journal
03043975
Volume
184
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
237 - 245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3975(1997)184:1-2<237:0BP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Our central result asserts that a (logical) language preserved under e xtension of models has a 0-1 law under the uniform probability distrib ution. We then investigate some fragments of the first-order infinitar y logic L-infinity omega and of second-order logic which are preserved under extension. This paper reveals new boundaries of 0-1 laws for fr agments of L-infinity omega and of second-order logic. The latter frag ments are particularly interesting as they capture the prototypical co mplete problem for each level of the polynomial-time hierarchy.