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commit 94ecab0d142f4d8ed1e4b43f5f064d2c0bcf2ad8
parent 3cb2e81ae073313388243972ca62e1d14bbc7dd2
Author: Antoine Amarilli <a3nm@a3nm.net>
Date:   Wed,  8 Oct 2025 11:44:10 +0200

Merge branch 'master' of a3nm.net:git/wiki_research

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ehrenfeucht_fraisse_game | 18------------------
first_order_positive | 11+++++++++++
fok | 8++++++--
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ehrenfeucht_fraisse_game b/ehrenfeucht_fraisse_game @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ -# EF-game - -Spoiler plays in [structure] A by marking a [vertex], Duplicator answers in [structure] B - -The structures induced by the [pebbles] must be [isomorphic] - -- Number of rounds necessary to distinguish both [structures] - - connections to types nombre de rounds nécessaires pour distinguer les deux structures ([quantifier_rank]) -- Number of [pebbles] needed - - connection to [FOk] - -[MSO] EF-game: the players can pebble sets - -Up: [logic], [games] - -See also: [bisimulation], [homomorphic_equivalence], [prover_verifier_game] - -Aliases: EF game, EF games diff --git a/first_order_positive b/first_order_positive @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# Positive first order + +[FO] without [negation] but with [universal_quantification] + +Should be distinguished from [existential_positive_FO] which also disallows [universal_quantification] + +Discussed in [berkholz2019compiling] and in [bova2014complexity] + +Up: [first_order_logic] + +Aliases: positive FO, positive first order diff --git a/fok b/fok @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ [first_order_logic] with k variables, or [first_order_logic_width] k +Also called "finite variable logics" in the [survey] [grohe1998finite] + ## Fragments - [fo2] @@ -14,12 +16,14 @@ - [satisfiability] of FO^2 etc., cf "kings" [gradel1997decision] -- [first_order_model_checking_fok] +- [model_checking]: [first_order_model_checking_fok] - special case: [first_order_model_checking_fo2] - connections to [yannakakis_algorithm] - finding the best k: [fok_rewriting] + +- [fok_quantifier_rank] Up: [first_order_logic] -See also: [two_variables] +See also: [two_variables], [pebble_game]