The isomorphism problem for ω-automatic trees

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2010
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Kuske, D
Liu, J
Lohrey, M
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Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
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The main result of this paper is that the isomorphism problem for ω-automatic trees of finite height is at least as hard as second-order arithmetic and therefore not analytical. This strengthens a recent result by Hjorth, Khoussainov, Montalbán, and Nies [9] showing that the isomorphism problem for ω-automatic structures is not ∑_2^1. Moreover, assuming the continuum hypothesis CH, we can show that the isomorphism problem for ω-automatic trees of finite height is recursively equivalent with second-order arithmetic. On the way to our main results, we show lower and upper bounds for the isomorphism problem for ω-automatic trees of every finite height: (i) It is decidable (∏_1^0-complete, resp.) for height 1 (2, resp.), (ii) (∏_1^1-hard and in (∏_2^1 for height 3, and (iii) (∏_(n-3)^1- and (∏_(n-3)^1-hard and in (∏_(2n-4)^1(assuming CH) for all n ≥ 4. All proofs are elementary and do not rely on theorems from set theory. Complete proofs can be found in [18].

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Computer Science Logic: Proceedings from the 24th International Workshop, CSL 2010, 19th Annual Conference of the EACSL, Brno, Czech Republic, vol.6247, pp. 396 - 410
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