Church synthesis problem with parameters

Alexander Rabinovich*

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Abstract

The following problem is known as the Church Synthesis problem: Input: an MLO formula ψ(X,Y). Task: Check whether there is an operator Y = F(X) such that Nat |= ∀Xψ(X, F(X)) (1) and if so, construct this operator. Büchi and Landweber proved that the Church synthesis problem is decidable; moreover, they proved that if there is an operator F which satisfies (1), then (1) can be satisfied by the operator defined by a finite state automaton. We investigate a parameterized version of the Church synthesis problem. In this version ψ might contain as a parameter a unary predicate P. We show that the Church synthesis problem for P is computable if and only if the monadic theory of 〈Nat, <, P〉 is decidable. We also show that the Büchi-Landweber theorem can be extended only to ultimately periodic parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputer Science Logic - 20th International Workshop, CSL 2006, 15th Annual Conference of the EACSL, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages546-561
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)3540454586, 9783540454588
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event20th International Workshop, CSL 2006, 15th Annual Conference of the EACSL - Szeged, Hungary
Duration: 25 Sep 200629 Sep 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4207 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference20th International Workshop, CSL 2006, 15th Annual Conference of the EACSL
Country/TerritoryHungary
CitySzeged
Period25/09/0629/09/06

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