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On Computing the Measures of First-Order Definable Sets of Trees

2018/09/10 by Marcin Przybyłko
Computer Science · #cs.CC #cs.LO

paper · pdf · doi:10.4204/eptcs.277.15

published as EPTCS 277, 2018, pp. 206-219 · In Proceedings GandALF 2018, arXiv:1809.02416

arxiv created 2018/09/10 · arxiv updated 2018/09/11

Abstract

We consider the problem of computing the measure of a regular language of infinite binary trees. While the general case remains unsolved, we show that the measure of a language defined by a first-order formula with no descendant relation or by a Boolean combination of conjunctive queries (with descendant relation) is rational and computable. Additionally, we provide an example of a first-order formula that uses descendant relation and defines a language of infinite trees having an irrational measure.

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