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Randomisation and Derandomisation in Descriptive Complexity Theory

Kord Eickmeyer ; Martin Grohe.

We study probabilistic complexity classes and questions of derandomisation from a logical point of view. For each logic L we introduce a new logic BPL, bounded error probabilistic L, which is defined from L in a similar way as the complexity class BPP, bounded error probabilistic polynomial time, is&nbsp;[&hellip;]

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Definable decompositions for graphs of bounded linear cliquewidth

Mikołaj Bojańczyk ; Martin Grohe ; Michał Pilipczuk.

We prove that for every positive integer k, there exists an MSO_1-transduction that given a graph of linear cliquewidth at most k outputs, nondeterministically, some cliquewidth decomposition of the graph of width bounded by a function of k. A direct corollary of this result is the equivalence of&nbsp;[&hellip;]

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Model-Checking Problems as a Basis for Parameterized Intractability

Joerg Flum ; Martin Grohe.

Most parameterized complexity classes are defined in terms of a parameterized version of the Boolean satisfiability problem (the so-called weighted satisfiability problem). For example, Downey and Fellow's W-hierarchy is of this form. But there are also classes, for example, the A-hierarchy, that&nbsp;[&hellip;]

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The succinctness of first-order logic on linear orders

Martin Grohe ; Nicole Schweikardt.

Succinctness is a natural measure for comparing the strength of different logics. Intuitively, a logic L_1 is more succinct than another logic L_2 if all properties that can be expressed in L_2 can be expressed in L_1 by formulas of (approximately) the same size, but some properties can be expressed&nbsp;[&hellip;]

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