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Probabilities on models of universal sentences
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by Douglas N. Hoover
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 98 (1986), 294-297
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1986-0854036-X

Abstract:

We show that the asymptotics of conditional probabilities of first order universal sentences on finite models are the same as those of general first order sentences. This answers a question of R. Fagin.
References
  • Ronald Fagin, Generalized first-order spectra and polynomial-time recognizable sets, Complexity of computation (Proc. SIAM-AMS Sympos., New York, 1973) SIAM-AMS Proc., Vol. VII, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, R.I., 1974, pp. 43–73. MR 0371622
  • Ronald Fagin, Probabilities on finite models, J. Symbolic Logic 41 (1976), no. 1, 50–58. MR 476480, DOI 10.2307/2272945
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Bibliographic Information
  • © Copyright 1986 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 98 (1986), 294-297
  • MSC: Primary 03C13; Secondary 68Q15
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1986-0854036-X
  • MathSciNet review: 854036