Dominik Kirst ; Dominique Larchey-Wendling - Trakhtenbrot's Theorem in Coq: Finite Model Theory through the Constructive Lens

lmcs:7422 - Logical Methods in Computer Science, June 14, 2022, Volume 18, Issue 2 - https://doi.org/10.46298/lmcs-18(2:17)2022
Trakhtenbrot's Theorem in Coq: Finite Model Theory through the Constructive LensArticle

Authors: Dominik Kirst ; Dominique Larchey-Wendling

    We study finite first-order satisfiability (FSAT) in the constructive setting of dependent type theory. Employing synthetic accounts of enumerability and decidability, we give a full classification of FSAT depending on the first-order signature of non-logical symbols. On the one hand, our development focuses on Trakhtenbrot's theorem, stating that FSAT is undecidable as soon as the signature contains an at least binary relation symbol. Our proof proceeds by a many-one reduction chain starting from the Post correspondence problem. On the other hand, we establish the decidability of FSAT for monadic first-order logic, i.e. where the signature only contains at most unary function and relation symbols, as well as the enumerability of FSAT for arbitrary enumerable signatures. To showcase an application of Trakhtenbrot's theorem, we continue our reduction chain with a many-one reduction from FSAT to separation logic. All our results are mechanised in the framework of a growing Coq library of synthetic undecidability proofs.


    Volume: Volume 18, Issue 2
    Published on: June 14, 2022
    Accepted on: March 16, 2022
    Submitted on: April 30, 2021
    Keywords: Computer Science - Logic in Computer Science,Computer Science - Computation and Language,Mathematics - Logic

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