On existentially first-order definable languages and their relation to NP

Bernd Borchert; Dietrich Kuske; Frank Stephan

RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications (1999)

  • Volume: 33, Issue: 3, page 259-269
  • ISSN: 0988-3754

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Borchert, Bernd, Kuske, Dietrich, and Stephan, Frank. "On existentially first-order definable languages and their relation to NP." RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications 33.3 (1999): 259-269. <http://eudml.org/doc/92602>.

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author = {Borchert, Bernd, Kuske, Dietrich, Stephan, Frank},
journal = {RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications},
keywords = {polynomial-time hierarchy; first-order logic; existential definability; regular language; automata},
language = {eng},
number = {3},
pages = {259-269},
publisher = {EDP-Sciences},
title = {On existentially first-order definable languages and their relation to NP},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/92602},
volume = {33},
year = {1999},
}

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AU - Kuske, Dietrich
AU - Stephan, Frank
TI - On existentially first-order definable languages and their relation to NP
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PY - 1999
PB - EDP-Sciences
VL - 33
IS - 3
SP - 259
EP - 269
LA - eng
KW - polynomial-time hierarchy; first-order logic; existential definability; regular language; automata
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