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Second-order Ehrenfeucht games and the deciability of the second-order theory of an equivalence relation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Richard L. Tenney
Richard L. Tenney
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University of MassachusettsComputer and Information Science Amherst 01002, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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In this paper we extend a method of Ehrenfeucht and Fraissé to second-order theories and use this extension to prove the decidability of the second-order theory of an equivalence relation.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , November 1975 , pp. 323 - 331
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1975

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