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An axiomatization of full Computation Tree Logic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

M. Reynolds
M. Reynolds*
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School of Information Technology, Murdoch University, South Street, Perth, Western Australia 6150, E-mail: m.reynolds@murdoch.edu.au
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Abstract

We give a sound and complete axiomatization for the full computation tree logic. CTL*, of R-generable models. This solves a long standing open problem in branching time temporal logic.

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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 66 , Issue 3 , September 2001 , pp. 1011 - 1057
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2001

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