A universal-algebraic proof of the complexity dichotomy for Monotone Monadic SNP

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Abstract

The logic MMSNP is a restricted fragment of existential second-order logic which allows to express many interesting queries in graph theory and finite model theory. The logic was introduced by Feder and Vardi who showed that every MMSNP sentence is computationally equivalent to a finite-domain constraint satisfaction problem (CSP); the involved probabilistic reductions were derandomized by Kun using explicit constructions of expander structures. We present a new proof of the reduction to finite-domain CSPs that does not rely on the results of Kun. This new proof allows us to obtain a stronger statement and to verify the Bodirsky-Pinsker dichotomy conjecture for CSPs in MMSNP. Our approach uses the fact that every MMSNP sentence describes a finite union of CSPs for countably infinite -categorical structures; moreover, by a recent result of Hubika and Neetil, these structures can be expanded to homogeneous structures with finite relational signature and the Ramsey property. This allows us to use the universal-algebraic approach to study the computational complexity of MMSNP.

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelProceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, LICS 2018
Herausgeber (Verlag)IEEE, New York [u. a.]
Seiten105-114
Seitenumfang10
ISBN (elektronisch)9781450355834, 9781450355834
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 9 Juli 2018
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Konferenz

Titel33rd Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, LICS 2018
Dauer9 - 12 Juli 2018
StadtOxford
LandGroßbritannien/Vereinigtes Königreich

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ORCID /0000-0001-8228-3611/work/142241082

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