Title
Is There a Logic for Polynomial Time?
Abstract
The paper gives an introduction to the problem whether there is a logic ℒ that captures PTIME in the sense that, via some natural encoding, the classes of finite structures axiomatizable in ℒ correspond to the languages in PTIME. It discusses several notions of capturing, thereby giving a picture of the general theory. The question for the most important version is still open. The paper surveys po...
Year
DOI
Venue
1999
10.1093/jigpal/7.3.359
Logic Journal of the IGPL
Keywords
Field
DocType
finite model theory,descriptive complexity,Ptime,canonization
Alternating polynomial,Discrete mathematics,Stable polynomial,Polynomial matrix,Polynomial,Monic polynomial,Reciprocal polynomial,Wilkinson's polynomial,Matrix polynomial,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
7
3
1367-0751
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
0
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Heinz-dieter Ebbinghaus151.88