Title :
Fixed-point extensions of first-order logic
Author :
Gurevich, Yuri ; Shelah, Saharon
Abstract :
We prove that the three extensions of first-order logic by means of positive inductions, monotone inductions, and so-called non-monotone (in our terminology, inflationary) inductions respectively, all have the same expressive power in the case of finite structures. As a by-product, the collapse of the corresponding fixed-point hierarchies can be deduced.
Keywords :
Books; Calculus; Computer languages; Computer science; Database languages; Gold; Logic programming; Mathematics; Power engineering computing; Terminology;
Conference_Titel :
Foundations of Computer Science, 1985., 26th Annual Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0644-4
DOI :
10.1109/SFCS.1985.27