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Author Grohe, Martin

Title Model Theoretic Methods in Finite Combinatorics
Published Providence : American Mathematical Society, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (529 p.)
Series Contemporary Mathematics ; v.558
Contemporary Mathematics
Contents ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Application of Logic to Combinatorial Sequences and Their Recurrence Relations""; ""Part 1. Introduction and Synopsis""; ""1. Sequences of integers and their combinatorial interpretations""; ""2. Linear recurrences""; ""3. Logical formalisms""; ""4. Finiteness conditions""; ""5. Logical interpretations of integer sequences""; ""Part 2. Guiding Examples""; ""6. The classical recurrence relations""; ""7. Functions, permutations and partitions""; ""8. Trees and forests""; ""9. Graph properties""; ""10. Latin squares""; ""Part 3. C-Finite and Holonomic Sequences""
""11. C-Finite sequences""""12. Holonomic sequences""; ""Part 4. Modular Recurrence Relations""; ""13. DU-index and Specker index""; ""14. The rÃ?le of logic""; ""15. Structures of bounded degree""; ""16. Structures of unbounded degree""; ""References""; ""Spectra and Systems of Equations""; ""Compton's Method for Proving Logical Limit Laws""; ""Logical Complexity of Graphs: A Survey""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Basic notions and examples""; ""1.2. Variations of logic""; ""1.3. Outline of the survey""; ""1.4. Other structures""; ""2. Preliminaries""; ""2.1. Notation: Arithmetic and graphs""
""2.2. A length-depth relation""""2.3. Distinguishability vs. definability""; ""3. Ehrenfeucht games""; ""4. The Weisfeiler-Lehman algorithm""; ""5. Worst case bounds""; ""5.1. Classes of graphs""; ""5.2. General case""; ""6. Average case bounds""; ""Methods for Algorithmic Meta Theorems""; ""On Counting Generalized Colorings""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Prelude: two typical graph polynomials""; ""3. Counting generalized colorings""; ""4. SOL-polynomials and subset expansion""; ""5. Standard vs FF vs Newton SOL-polynomials""; ""6. Equivalence of counting Ï?-colorings and SOL-polynomials""
""7. MSOL-polynomials""""8. Enter categoricity""; ""9. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Counting Homomorphisms and Partition Functions""; ""Some Examples of Universal and Generic Partial Orders""; ""Two Problems on Homogeneous Structures, Revisited""; ""On Symmetric Indivisibility of Countable Structures""; ""Partitions and Permutation Groups""; ""(Un)countable and (Non)effective Versions of Ramsey's Theorem""; ""Reducts of Ramsey Structures""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Reducts""; ""3. Ramsey Classes""; ""4. Topological Dynamics""; ""5. Minimal Functions""; ""6. Decidability of Definability""
""7. Interpretability""""8. Complexity of Constraint Satisfaction""; ""9. Concluding Remarks and Further Directions""; ""References""
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Subject Finite model theory -- Congresses
Combinatorial probabilities -- Congresses
Combinatorial probabilities.
Finite model theory.
Mathematical logic and foundations -- Research exposition (monographs, survey articles)
Mathematical logic and foundations -- Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc.
Combinatorics -- Research exposition (monographs, survey articles)
Combinatorics -- Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc.
Computer science -- Research exposition (monographs, survey articles)
Computer science -- Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
Author Makowsky, Johann A
Association for Symbolic Logic, Content Provider.
American Mathematical Society, Content Provider
AMS-ASL Joint Special Session on Model Theoretic Methods in Finite Combinatorics
ISBN 0821849433
9780821849439
9780821882375
0821882376
9780821883228
0821883224
Other Titles Contemporary Mathematics
Contemporary Mathematics, Volume 558
Model theoretic methods in finite combinatorics: AMS-ASL special session, January 5-8, 2009 Washington, DC