Weakly maximal decidable structures

Alexis Bès; Patrick Cégielski

RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications (2008)

  • Volume: 42, Issue: 1, page 137-145
  • ISSN: 0988-3754

Abstract

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We prove that there exists a structure M whose monadic second order theory is decidable, and such that the first-order theory of every expansion of M by a constant is undecidable. 


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Bès, Alexis, and Cégielski, Patrick. "Weakly maximal decidable structures." RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications 42.1 (2008): 137-145. <http://eudml.org/doc/250370>.

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