LOGICAL ASPECTS OF CAYLEY-GRAPHS: THE MONOID CASE

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 307-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIETRICH KUSKE ◽  
MARKUS LOHREY

Cayley-graphs of monoids are investigated under a logical point of view. It is shown that the class of monoids, for which the Cayley-graph has a decidable monadic second-order theory, is closed under free products. This result is derived from a result of Walukiewicz, stating that the decidability of monadic second-order theories is preserved under tree-like unfoldings. Concerning first-order logic, it is shown that the class of monoids, for which the Cayley-graph has a decidable first-order theory, is closed under arbitrary graph products, which generalize both, free and direct products. For the proof of this result, tree-like unfoldings are generalized to so-called factorized unfoldings. It is shown that the decidability of the first-order theory of a structure is preserved by factorized unfoldings. Several additional results concerning factorized unfoldings are shown.

1981 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 265-266
Author(s):  
D. Standaert

The aim of this paper is to present the principal features of a new evaluation of the direct perturbations of the planets on the Moon’s motion. Using the method already published in Celestial Mechanics (Standaert, 1980), we compute “a first-order theory” aiming at an accuracy of the order of the meter for all periodic terms of period less than 3 500 years.From an external point of view, we mean by that: a)keplerian orbits for the planets,b)the ELP-2000 solution of the Main Problem proposed by Mrs. Chapront (Chapront-Touzë, 1980),c)the first-order derivatives with respect to the constants of motion of the SALE theory of Henrard (Henrard, 1979).On the other hand, from an internal point of view, the computations include: d)the development in Legendre polynomials not only to the first-order in (a/a'), but also the following ones (up to the sixth-order for Venus, for example),e)the contributions of the second-order in the Lie triangle,f)second-order contributions coming from the corrections of the mean motions due to the planetary action.


2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 707-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARKUS LOHREY

Several complexity and decidability results for automatic monoids are shown: (i) there exists an automatic monoid with a P-complete word problem, (ii) there exists an automatic monoid such that the first-order theory of the corresponding Cayley-graph is not elementary decidable, and (iii) there exists an automatic monoid such that reachability in the corresponding Cayley-graph is undecidable. Moreover, it is shown that for every hyperbolic group the word problem belongs to LOGCFL, which improves a result of Cai [8].


1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Nadel ◽  
Jonathan Stavi

Let T1 be the complete first-order theory of the additive group of the integers with 1 as distinguished element (in symbols, T1 = Th(Z, +, 1)). In this paper we prove that all models of T1 are ℵ0-homogeneous (§2), classify them (and lists of elements in them) up to isomorphism or L∞κ-equivalence (§§3 and 4) and show that they may be as complex as arbitrary sets of real numbers from the point of view of admissible set theory (§5). The results of §§2 and 5 together show that while the Scott heights of all models of T1 are ≤ ω (by ℵ0-homogeneity) their HYP-heights form an unbounded subset of the cardinal .In addition to providing this unusual example of the relation between Scott heights and HYP-heights, the theory T1 has served (using the homogeneity results of §2) as an example for certain combinations of properties that people had looked for in stability theory (see end of §4). In §6 it is shown that not all models of T = Th(Z, +) are ℵ0-homogeneous, so that the availability of the constant for 1 is essential for the result of §2.The two main results of this paper (2.2 and essentially Theorem 5.3) were obtained in the summer of 1979. Later we learnt from Victor Harnik and Julia Knight that T1 is of some interest for stability theory, and were encouraged to write up our proofs.During 1982/3 we improved the proofs and added some results.


Author(s):  
William A. Voter ◽  
Harold P. Erickson

In a previous experimental study of image formation using a thin (20 nm) negatively stained catalase crystal, it was found that a linear or first order theory of image formation would explain almost entirely the changes in the Fourier transform of the image as a function of defocus. In this case it was concluded that the image is a valid picture of the object density. For thicker, higher contrast objects the first order theory may not be valid. Second order effects could generate false diffraction spots which would lead to spurious and artifactual image details. These second order effects would appear as deviations of the diffraction spot amplitudes from the first order theory. Small deviations were in fact noted in the study of the thin crystals, but there was insufficient data for a quantitative analysis.


1977 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 94-106
Author(s):  
Young S. Hong

The wave resistance due to the steady motion of a ship was formulated in Lagrangian coordinates by Wehausen [1].2 By introduction of an iteration scheme the solutions for the first order and second order3 were obtained. The draft/length ratio was assumed small in order to simplify numerical computation. In this work Wehausen's formulas are used to compute the resistance numerically. A few models are selected and the wave resistance is calculated. These results are compared with other methods and experiments. Generally speaking, the second-order resistance shows better agreement with experiment than first-order theory in only a restricted range of Froude number, say 0.25 to 0.35, and even here not uniformly. For larger Froude numbers it underestimates seriously.


1985 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 953-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Bauval

This article is a rewriting of my Ph.D. Thesis, supervised by Professor G. Sabbagh, and incorporates a suggestion from Professor B. Poizat. My main result can be crudely summarized (but see below for detailed statements) by the equality: first-order theory of F[Xi]i∈I = weak second-order theory of F.§I.1. Conventions. The letter F will always denote a commutative field, and I a nonempty set. A field or a ring (A; +, ·) will often be written A for short. We shall use symbols which are definable in all our models, and in the structure of natural numbers (N; +, ·):— the constant 0, defined by the formula Z(x): ∀y (x + y = y);— the constant 1, defined by the formula U(x): ∀y (x · y = y);— the operation ∹ x − y = z ↔ x = y + z;— the relation of division: x ∣ y ↔ ∃ z(x · z = y).A domain is a commutative ring with unity and without any zero divisor.By “… → …” we mean “… is definable in …, uniformly in any model M of L”.All our constructions will be uniform, unless otherwise mentioned.§I.2. Weak second-order models and languages. First of all, we have to define the models Pf(M), Sf(M), Sf′(M) and HF(M) associated to a model M = {A; ℐ) of a first-order language L [CK, pp. 18–20]. Let L1 be the extension of L obtained by adjunction of a second list of variables (denoted by capital letters), and of a membership symbol ∈. Pf(M) is the model (A, Pf(A); ℐ, ∈) of L1, (where Pf(A) is the set of finite subsets of A. Let L2 be the extension of L obtained by adjunction of a second list of variables, a membership symbol ∈, and a concatenation symbol ◠.


2016 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 28-40
Author(s):  
Suzanne T.M. Bogaerds-Hazenberg ◽  
Petra Hendriks

Abstract It has been argued (e.g., by De Villiers and colleagues) that the acquisition of sentence embedding is necessary for the development of first-order Theory of Mind (ToM): the ability to attribute beliefs to others. This raises the question whether the acquisition of double embedded sentences is related to, and perhaps even necessary for, the development of second-order ToM: the ability to attribute beliefs about beliefs to others. This study tested 55 children (aged 7-10) on their ToM understanding in a false-belief task and on their elicited production of sentence embeddings. We found that second-order ToM passers produced mainly double embeddings, whereas first-order ToM passers produced mainly single embeddings. Furthermore, a better performance on second-order ToM predicted a higher rate of double embeddings and a lower rate of single embeddings in the production task. We conclude that children’s ability to produce double embeddings is related to their development of second-order ToM.


1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Baril

Combining an energy-dispersive element with a magnetic prism results in an achromatic mass dispersive instrument, if parameters are chosen appropriately. A plane electrostatic mirror has been chosen as the energy-dispersive element. Trajectories are described in terms of lateral, angular, and energy variations about the principal trajectory. Achromatism and conjugate plane conditions have been calculated by the powerful method of matrix algebra. The first order theory is given in this article (part one), the second order term will be studied in part two which will be published later.


1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 672-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. T. Bateman ◽  
C. G. Jockusch ◽  
A. R. Woods

AbstractIt is shown, assuming the linear case of Schinzel's Hypothesis, that the first-order theory of the structure 〈ω; +, P〉, where P is the set of primes, is undecidable and, in fact, that multiplication of natural numbers is first-order definable in this structure. In the other direction, it is shown, from the same hypothesis, that the monadic second-order theory of 〈ω S, P〉 is decidable, where S is the successor function. The latter result is proved using a general result of A. L. Semënov on decidability of monadic theories, and a proof of Semënov's result is presented.


1995 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 187-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUSUMU HAYASHI ◽  
SATOSHI KOBAYASHI

A new axiomatization of Feferman’s systems of functions and classes1,2 is given. The new axiomatization has a finite number of class constructors resembling the proposition constructors of Frege structure by Aczel.3 Aczel wrote “It appears that from the technical point of view the two approaches (Feferman’s system and Frege structure) run parallel to each other in the sense that any technical result for one approach can be reconstructed for the other”.3 By the aid of the new axiomatization, Aczel’s observation becomes so evident. It is now straightforward to give a mutual interpretation between our formulation and a first order theory of Frege structure, which improve results by Beeson in Ref. 4.


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