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- research-articleNovember 2024
Kolmogorov complexity and nondeterminism versus determinism for polynomial time computations
AbstractWe call any consistent and sufficiently powerful formal theory that enables to algorithmically verify whether a text is a proof algorithmically verifiable mathematics (av-mathematics). We study the fundamental question whether nondeterminism is ...
- This article deals with the question whether nondeterminism is more
- powerful than determinism and tries to give more arguments for the positive
- answer and also outlines why solving this problem is so hard.
- research-articleSeptember 2024
Truncating abstraction of bit-vector operations for BDD-based SMT solvers
AbstractDuring the last few years, BDD-based SMT solvers proved to be competitive in deciding satisfiability of quantified bit-vector formulas. However, these solvers usually do not perform well on input formulas with complicated arithmetic. Hitherto, ...
- research-articleFebruary 2024
Algebraic and context-free subsets of subgroups
AbstractWe study the relation between the structure of algebraic and context-free subsets of a group G and that of a finite index subgroup H. Using these results, we prove that a kind of Fatou property, previously studied by Berstel and Sakarovitch in ...
- research-articleOctober 2023
Extensional proofs in a propositional logic modulo isomorphisms
AbstractSystem I is a proof language for a fragment of propositional logic where isomorphic propositions, such as A ∧ B and B ∧ A, or A ⇒ ( B ∧ C ) and ( A ⇒ B ) ∧ ( A ⇒ C ) are made equal. System I enjoys the strong normalization property. This is ...
- research-articleApril 2023
Complexity assessments for decidable fragments of Set Theory. III: Testers for crucial, polynomial-maximal decidable Boolean languages
AbstractWe continue our investigation aimed at spotting small fragments of Set Theory (in this paper, sublanguages of Boolean Set Theory) that might be of use in automated proof-checkers based on the set-theoretic formalism. Here we propose a method that ...
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- research-articleMarch 2023
A proof system for unified temporal logic
AbstractUnified Temporal Logic (UTL) combines all characteristics of traditional Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) and Propositional Projection Temporal Logic (PPTL). It can be used to describe full regular and omega-regular properties, which are ...
- research-articleFebruary 2023
Dialectica principles via Gödel doctrines
AbstractGödel's Dialectica interpretation was conceived as a tool to obtain the consistency of Heyting arithmetic in the 40s. In recent years, several proof theoretic transformations, based on Gödel's Dialectica interpretation, have been used ...
- research-articleFebruary 2023
Radical theory of Scott-open filters
AbstractFollowing the Kronecker–Duval or D5 philosophy of dynamic evaluation in computer algebra, the dynamical proof method was brought into constructive algebra in order to obtain computational interpretations of the individual, concrete ...
- research-articleJanuary 2023
Towards more efficient methods for solving regular-expression heavy string constraints
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 943, Issue CPages 50–72https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2022.12.009AbstractWidespread use of string solvers in the formal analysis of string-heavy programs has led to a growing demand for more efficient and reliable techniques which can be applied in this context. Designing practical algorithms for the (...
- research-articleJanuary 2023
Remarks on hyperspaces for Priestley spaces
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 943, Issue CPages 187–202https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2022.12.001AbstractThe Vietoris space of a Stone space plays an important role in the coalgebraic approach to modal logic. When generalizing this to positive modal logic, there is a variety of relevant hyperspace constructions based on various topologies ...
- research-articleOctober 2022
Closed subsets in Bishop topological groups
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 935, Issue CPages 128–143https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2022.09.004Highlights- In section 2 we include all definitions and facts on Bishop spaces that are necessary to the rest of the paper.
We introduce the notion of a Bishop topological group i.e., a group X equipped with a Bishop topology of functions F such that the group operations of X are Bishop morphisms with respect to F. A closed subset in the neighborhood ...
- research-articleOctober 2022
Unprovability results for clause set cycles
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 935, Issue CPages 21–46https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2022.07.003AbstractThe notion of clause set cycle abstracts a family of methods for automated inductive theorem proving based on the detection of cyclic dependencies between clause sets. By discerning the underlying logical features of clause set cycles, ...
- research-articleSeptember 2022
Morse set theory as a foundation for constructive mathematics
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 928, Issue CPages 115–135https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2022.06.019AbstractWe present, in outline, a constructive development of set theory in the style of A.P. Morse's classical counterpart [10]. Since the development is carried in a very precise formal language, it readily lends itself to computer-assisted ...
Highlights- A development of constructive set theory in Morse's formal language, which should facilitate both proof checking and program extraction from proofs.
- research-articleAugust 2022
Preprocessing succinct non-interactive arguments for rank-1 constraint satisfiability from holographic proofs
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 927, Issue CPages 148–161https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2022.06.005AbstractWe design a new preprocessing succinct non-interactive argument (SNARG) for rank-1 constraint satisfiability (R1CS) from holographic Interactive Oracle Proofs (IOPs). The protocol is secure in the random oracle model (ROM). We achieve ...
Highlights- A new holographic IOP for R1CS is proposed.
- A transformation form holographic ...
- research-articleAugust 2022
Partial combinatory algebra and generalized numberings
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 925, Issue CPages 37–44https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2022.04.054AbstractGeneralized numberings are an extension of Ershov's notion of numbering, based on partial combinatory algebra (pca) instead of the natural numbers. We study various algebraic properties of generalized numberings, relating properties of ...
- research-articleJune 2022
Variants of derivation modes for which purely catalytic P systems are computationally complete
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 920, Issue CPages 95–112https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2022.03.007AbstractCatalytic P systems and purely catalytic P systems are among the first variants of membrane systems ever considered in this area. These variants of systems also feature some prominent computational complexity questions, and in ...
- rapid-communicationDecember 2021
A family of formulas with reversal of arbitrarily high avoidability index
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 896, Issue CPages 168–170https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2021.10.013AbstractWe present a family of avoidable formulas with reversal whose avoidability index is unbounded. We also complete the determination of the avoidability index of the formulas with reversal in the 3-avoidance basis.
- research-articleDecember 2021
Physical zero-knowledge proof for Ripple Effect
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 895, Issue CPages 115–123https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2021.09.034AbstractRipple Effect is a logic puzzle where the player has to fill numbers into empty cells in a rectangular grid. The grid is divided into rooms, and each room must contain consecutive integers starting from 1 to its size. Also, if two cells in the ...
- research-articleOctober 2021
Copy complexity of Horn formulas with respect to unit read-once resolution
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 890, Issue CPages 70–86https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2021.08.017Highlights- The copy complexity of a Horn formula equals the copy complexity of the corresponding system of constraints.
In this paper, we discuss the copy complexity of Horn formulas with respect to unit resolution. A Horn formula is a boolean formula in conjunctive normal form (CNF) with at most one positive literal per clause. Horn formulas find ...
- research-articleMay 2020
Recognizing hyperelliptic graphs in polynomial time
Theoretical Computer Science (TCSC), Volume 815, Issue CPages 121–146https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2020.02.013AbstractBased on analogies between algebraic curves and graphs, Baker and Norine introduced divisorial gonality, a graph parameter for multigraphs related to treewidth, multigraph algorithms and number theory. Various equivalent definitions of ...