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Logical properties of random graphs from small addable classes

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Kopczyński, E 

Abstract

We establish zero-one laws and convergence laws for monadic second-order logic (MSO) (and, a fortiori, first-order logic) on a number of interesting graph classes. In particular, we show that MSO obeys a zero-one law on the class of connected planar graphs, the class of connected graphs of tree-width at most k and the class of connected graphs excluding the k-clique as a minor. In each of these cases, dropping the connectivity requirement leads to a class where the zero-one law fails but a convergence law for MSO still holds.

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Keywords

zero-one laws, limit law, first-order logic, random planar graphs, smooth addable classes

Journal Title

Logical Methods in Computer Science

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Journal ISSN

1860-5974
1860-5974

Volume Title

15

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Sponsorship
Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2018-077)