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Algebra Logika, 2013 Volume 52, Number 2, Pages 236–254 (Mi al584)

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Collapsing probabilistic hierarchies. I

S. O. Speranskii

Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Abstract: We study hierarchies of validity problems for prefix fragments in probability logic with quantifiers over propositional formulas, denoted $\mathcal{QPL}$, and its versions. It is proved that if a subfield $\mathfrak F$ of reals is definable in the standard model of arithmetic by a second-order formula without set quantifiers, then the validity problem over $\mathfrak F$-valued probability structures for $\Sigma_4$-$\mathcal{QPL}$-sentences is $\Pi^1_1$-complete; as a consequence, the corresponding hierarchy of validity problems collapses. Moreover, in proving this fact, we state that an $\Pi^1_1$-полнота $\forall\exists$-theory of Presburger arithmetic with a single free unary predicate is $\Pi^1_1$-complete, which generalizes a well-known result of Halpern relating to the entire theory mentioned.

Keywords: probability logic, quantifiers over propositions, computational complexity, expressiveness.

UDC: 510.647+510.5

Received: 01.08.2012
Revised: 05.03.2013


 English version:
Algebra and Logic, 2013, 52:2, 159–171

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