Abstract
Algorithms for solving computational problems related to the modal µ-calculus generally do not take the formulas themselves as input, but operate on some kind of representation of formulas. This representation is usually based on a graph structure that one may associate with a µ-calculus formula. Recent work by Kupke, Marti & Venema showed that the operation of renaming bound variables may incur an exponential blow-up of the size of such a graph representation. Their example revealed the undesirable situation that standard constructions, on which algorithms for model checking and satisfability depend, are sensitive to the specifc choice of bound variables used in a formula. Our work discusses how the notion of alphabetic equivalence interacts with the construction of graph representations of µ-calculus formulas, and with the induced size measures of formulas. We introduce the condition of a-invariance on such constructions, requiring that alphabetically equivalent formulas are given the same (or isomorphic) graph representations. Our main results are the following. First we show that if two µ-calculus formulas are a-equivalent, then their respective FischerLadner closures have the same cardinality, up to a-equivalence. We then continue with the defnition of an a-invariant construction which represents an arbitrary µ-calculus formula by a graph that has exactly the size of the quotient of the closure of the formula, up to a-equivalence. This defnition, which is itself based on a renaming of variables, solves the above-mentioned problem discovered by Kupke et al.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, LICS 2022 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science |
Place of Publication | New York, NY, USA |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450393515 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 5 Aug 2022 |
Event | 37th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (LICS) - Technion, Haifa, Israel Duration: 2 Aug 2022 → 5 Aug 2022 https://lics.siglog.org/lics22/ |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings - Symposium on Logic in Computer Science |
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ISSN (Print) | 1043-6871 |
Conference
Conference | 37th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (LICS) |
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Country/Territory | Israel |
City | Haifa |
Period | 2/08/22 → 5/08/22 |
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Keywords
- modal mu-calculus
- complexity
- alphabetic equivalence
- model checking