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Counting in the Two Variable Guarded Logic with Transitivity.

Authors :
Diekert, Volker
Durand, Bruno
Tendera, Lidia
Source :
STACS 2005; 2005, p83-96, 14p
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

We show that the extension of the two-variable guarded fragment with transitive guards (GF+TG) by functionality statements is undecidable. This gives immediately undecidability of the extension of GF+TG by counting quantifiers. The result is optimal, since both the three-variable fragment of the guarded fragment with counting quantifiers and the two-variable guarded fragment with transitivity are undecidable. We also show that the extension of GF+TG with functionality, where functional predicate letters appear in guards only, is decidable and of the same complexity as GF+TG. This fragment captures many expressive modal and description logics. Keywords: guarded fragment, counting, transitivity, decision problem, computational complexity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISBNs :
9783540249986
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
STACS 2005
Publication Type :
Book
Accession number :
32980598