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Diskr. Mat., 2021 Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 141–152 (Mi dm1654)

On properties of multiaffine predicates on a finite set

S. N. Selezneva

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract: We consider predicates on a finite set that are invariant with respect to an affine operation $f_G$, where $G$ is some Abelian group. Such predicates are said to be multiaffine for the group $G$. Special attention is paid to predicates that are affine for a group $G_q$ of addition modulo $q = p^s$, where $p$ is a prime number and $s \geqslant 1$. We establish the predicate multiaffinity criterion for a group $G_q$. Then we introduce disjunctive normal forms (DNF) for predicates on a finite set and obtain properties of DNFs of predicates that are multiaffine for a group $G_q$. Finally we show how these properties can be used to design a polynomial algorithm that decides satisfiability of a system of predicates which are multiaffine for a group $G_q$, if predicates are specified by DNF.

Keywords: predicate on a finite set, function on a finite set, affine operation, multiaffinity, disjunctive normal form, algorithm, complexity, polynomial algorithm.

UDC: 519.7

Received: 08.04.2021

DOI: 10.4213/dm1654


 English version:
Discrete Mathematics and Applications, 2023, 33:4, 259–267


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