Finite Model Theory (Second Edition)

Ebbinghaus, Heinz-Dieter; Jörg Flum

ISBN 10: 3540657584 / ISBN 13: 9783540657583

Published by Springer, 1999

About this Item

23.5 x 15.5 cm. 360pp. Revised and enlarged second edition. Part of the series perspectives in mathematical logic. From the back cover: This book presents the main results of descriptive complexity theory, that is, the connections between axiomatizability of classes of finite structures and their complexity with respect to time and space bounds. The logics that are important in this context include fixed-point logics, transitive closure logics, and also vertain infinitary languages; their model theory is studied in full detail Other topics include DATALOG languages, quantifiers and oracles, 0-1 laws, and optimization and approximation problems.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Finite Model Theory (Second Edition)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540657584
• ISBN 13: 9783540657583
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Second edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematics

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Synopsis

The book presents the main results of descriptive complexity theory, that is, the connections between axiomatizability of classes of finite structures and their complexity with respect to time and space bounds. The logics that are important in this context include fixed-point logics, transitive closure logics, and also certain infinitary languages; their model theory is studied in full detail. Other topics include DATALOG languages, quantifiers and oracles, 0-1 laws, and optimization and approximation problems. The book is written in such a way that the respective parts on model theory and descriptive complexity theory may be read independently. This second edition is a thoroughly revised and enlarged version of the original text.