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Main Author: Karpov, Vladimir E.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08422
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author Karpov, Vladimir E.
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contents It is well known that whenever a class of structures $\mathcal{K}_1$ is interpretable in a class of structures $\mathcal{K}_2$, then the hereditary undecidability of (a fragment of) the theory of $\mathcal{K}_1$ implies the hereditary undecidability of (a suitable fragment of) the theory of $\mathcal{K}_2$. In the present paper, we construct a $Σ_1$-interpretation of the class of all finite bipartite graphs in the class of all pairs of equivalence relations on the same finite domain; from this we obtain the hereditary undecidability of the $Σ_2$-theory of the second class. Next, we construct a $Σ_1$-interpretation of the class of all pairs of equivalence relations on the same finite domain in the class of all pairs consisting of a linear ordering and an equivalence relation on the same finite domain; this gives us the hereditary undecidability of the $Σ_2$-theory of the second class. The corresponding results are, in a sense, optimal, since the $Π_2$-theories of the classes under consideration are decidable. Keywords: undecidability, elementary theories, prefix fragments
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spellingShingle Hereditary undecidability of fragments of some elementary theories
Karpov, Vladimir E.
Logic
It is well known that whenever a class of structures $\mathcal{K}_1$ is interpretable in a class of structures $\mathcal{K}_2$, then the hereditary undecidability of (a fragment of) the theory of $\mathcal{K}_1$ implies the hereditary undecidability of (a suitable fragment of) the theory of $\mathcal{K}_2$. In the present paper, we construct a $Σ_1$-interpretation of the class of all finite bipartite graphs in the class of all pairs of equivalence relations on the same finite domain; from this we obtain the hereditary undecidability of the $Σ_2$-theory of the second class. Next, we construct a $Σ_1$-interpretation of the class of all pairs of equivalence relations on the same finite domain in the class of all pairs consisting of a linear ordering and an equivalence relation on the same finite domain; this gives us the hereditary undecidability of the $Σ_2$-theory of the second class. The corresponding results are, in a sense, optimal, since the $Π_2$-theories of the classes under consideration are decidable. Keywords: undecidability, elementary theories, prefix fragments
title Hereditary undecidability of fragments of some elementary theories
topic Logic
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08422