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Monadic second order definable relations on the binary tree

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Hans Läuchli and
Christian Savioz
Hans Läuchli
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, ETH, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Christian Savioz
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, ETH, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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Abstract

Let S2S [WS2S] respectively be the strong [weak] monadic second order theory of the binary tree T in the language of two successor functions. An S2S-formula whose free variables are just individual variables defines a relation on T (rather than on the power set of T). We show that S2S and WS2S define the same relations on T, and we give a simple characterization of these relations.

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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , March 1987, pp. 219 - 226
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1987

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