Bounded Variable Logics and Counting: A Study in Finite by Martin Otto

By Martin Otto

when you consider that their inception, the views in common sense and Lecture Notes in good judgment sequence have released seminal works by means of major logicians. a number of the unique books within the sequence were unavailable for years, yet they're now in print once more. during this quantity, the 9th book within the Lecture Notes in common sense sequence, Martin Otto provides an creation to finite version idea that exhibits the most principles and contours of inquiry that encourage examine during this sector. specific recognition is paid to bounded variable infinitary logics, with and with no counting quantifiers, similar fixed-point logics, and the corresponding fragments of Ptime. The family with Ptime show the fruitful alternate among rules from common sense and from complexity thought that's attribute of finite version theory.

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