Models of Bounded Arithmetic Theories and Some Related Complexity Questions

Abolfazl Alam; Morteza Moniri

doi:10.18778/0138-0680.2022.03

Authors

Abolfazl Alam Shahid Beheshti University Department of Mathematics Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, 1983969411 Tehran Author
Morteza Moniri Shahid Beheshti University Department of Mathematics Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, 1983969411 Tehran Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/0138-0680.2022.03

Keywords:

bounded arithmetic, complexity theory, existentially closed model, model completeness, model companion, quantifier elimination, Stone topology

Abstract

In this paper, we study bounded versions of some model-theoretic notions and results. We apply these results to the context of models of bounded arithmetic theories as well as some related complexity questions. As an example, we show that if the theory \(\rm S_2 ^1(PV)\) has bounded model companion then \(\rm NP=coNP\). We also study bounded versions of some other related notions such as Stone topology.

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