A Model Theoretic Proof of Completeness of an Axiomatization of Monadic Second-Order Logic on Streams


Colin Riba, LIP, ENS Lyon. 21 juin 2012 11:00 limd 2:00:00
Abstract:

We discuss a complete axiomatization of Monadic Second-Order Logic (MSO) on infinite words (or streams). By using model-theoretic methods, we give an alternative proof of D. Siefkes’ result that a fragment with full comprehension and induction of second-order Peano’s arithmetic is complete w.r.t. the validity of MSO-formulas on streams. We rely on Feferman-Vaught Theorems and the Ehrenfeucht-Fraisse method for Henkin models of MSO. Our main technical contribution is an infinitary Feferman-Vaught Fusion of such models. We show it using Ramseyan factorizations similar to those for standard infinite words.