DocumentCode
1960300
Title
Fragments of existential second-order logic without 0-1 laws
Author
Le Bars, Jean-Marie
Author_Institution
Lab. d´´Inf., Caen Univ., France
fYear
1998
fDate
21-24 Jun 1998
Firstpage
525
Lastpage
536
Abstract
We prove that there is a Monadic Σ11 (Minimal Scott without equality) sentence without an asymptotic probability. Our result entails that the 0-1 law fails for the logics Σ11(FO2) and Σ1 1 (Minimal Godel without equality). Therefore we achieve the classification of first-order prefix classes with or without equality. According to the existence of the 0-1 law for the corresponding Σ 11 fragment. In addition, our counterexample can be viewed as a single explanation of the failure of the 0-1 law of all the fragments of existential second-order logic for which the failure is already known
Keywords
formal logic; probability; 0-1 laws; Minimal Godel; Minimal Scott; existential second-order logic; Bars; Logic; Vocabulary;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Logic in Computer Science, 1998. Proceedings. Thirteenth Annual IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Indianapolis, IN
ISSN
1043-6871
Print_ISBN
0-8186-8506-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LICS.1998.705685
Filename
705685
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