Two-element structures modulo primitive positive constructability

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Abstract

Primitive positive constructions have been introduced in recent work of Barto, Opršal, and Pinsker to study the computational complexity of constraint satisfaction problems. Let Pfin be the poset which arises from ordering all finite relational structures by pp-constructability. This poset is infinite, but we do not know whether it is uncountable. In this article, we give a complete description of the restriction PBoole of Pfin to relational structures on a two-element set. We use PBoole to present the various complexity regimes of Boolean constraint satisfaction problems that were described by Allender, Bauland, Immerman, Schnoor and Vollmer.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number20
JournalAlgebra universalis
Volume81
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

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ORCID /0000-0001-8228-3611/work/142241064

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Keywords

  • Boolean structures, Clones, Complexity of Boolean constraint satisfaction problems, Height-one identity, Linear Maltsev condition, Minor-preserving maps, Primitive positive construction