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Second-order logic - Quiz
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  • 1. Which theorem characterizes the regular languages (REG) as definable by monadic, second-order formulas?
A) Henkin's theorem, 1950
B) Büchi-Elgot-Trakhtenbrot theorem, 1960
C) Shapiro's theorem, 2000
D) Fagin's theorem, 1974
  • 2. Which computational complexity class is characterized by languages definable by existential, second-order formulas?
A) PH
B) NP
C) co-NP
D) PSPACE
  • 3. The set of languages definable by universal, second-order formulas corresponds to which complexity class?
A) co-NP
B) PSPACE
C) NP
D) EXPTIME
  • 4. Which complexity class is characterized by languages definable by second-order formulas?
A) PH
B) EXPTIME
C) NP
D) REG
  • 5. Adding a transitive closure operator to second-order logic characterizes which complexity class?
A) PH
B) NP
C) EXPTIME
D) PSPACE
  • 6. Which complexity class is characterized by second-order formulas with an added least fixed point operator?
A) PSPACE
B) NP
C) co-NP
D) EXPTIME
  • 7. If PH equals PSPACE, what is the impact on the expressiveness of second-order logic over finite structures?
A) It would make second-order logic equivalent to first-order logic
B) Adding a transitive closure operator would not make it more expressive
C) Adding a least fixed point operator would not make it more expressive
D) It would make second-order logic less expressive
  • 8. Which author is associated with the work 'Foundations without Foundationalism: A Case for Second-Order Logic'?
A) Hinman, P. (2005)
B) Quine, W. V. (1970)
C) Väänänen, J. (2001)
D) Shapiro, S. (2000)
  • 9. Who authored 'Philosophy of Logic' in 1970?
A) Väänänen, J.
B) Quine, W. V.
C) Shapiro, S.
D) Henkin, L.
  • 10. Which work discusses 'Second-Order Logic and Foundations of Mathematics'?
A) Shapiro, S. (2000)
B) Hinman, P. (2005)
C) Väänänen, J. (2001)
D) Quine, W. V. (1970)
  • 11. Which theorem is associated with the completeness in the theory of types?
A) Shapiro's theorem, 2000
B) Büchi-Elgot-Trakhtenbrot theorem, 1960
C) Henkin, L. (1950)
D) Fagin's theorem, 1974
  • 12. Which theorem from 1974 characterizes NP?
A) Henkin's theorem
B) Fagin's theorem
C) Büchi-Elgot-Trakhtenbrot theorem
D) Shapiro's theorem
  • 13. In descriptive complexity, what can be characterized by the power of logic needed to express languages?
A) Regular languages
B) Finite structures
C) Cayley tables
D) Computational complexity classes
  • 14. What is the relationship between PH and PSPACE in terms of second-order logic expressiveness?
A) PH is always more expressive than PSPACE
B) PSPACE is always more expressive than PH
C) If PH = PSPACE, adding a transitive closure operator does not increase expressiveness
D) If PH = PSPACE, adding a least fixed point operator does not increase expressiveness
  • 15. What does a finite structure with domain D = {1,...,n} and unary predicates Pa represent?
A) An EXPTIME language
B) A Cayley table of a finite structure
C) A finite string w = w1···wn in a finite alphabet A
D) A regular language
  • 16. Which author wrote 'Fundamentals of Mathematical Logic'?
A) Henkin, L. (1950)
B) Shapiro, S. (2000)
C) Quine, W. V. (1970)
D) Hinman, P. (2005)
  • 17. What is the significance of the Cayley tables of finite structures in descriptive complexity?
A) They characterize NP
B) They can be encoded by a finite string
C) They define regular languages
D) They are equivalent to second-order logic
  • 18. In standard semantics for second-order logic, what do the quantifiers range over?
A) Only finite sets
B) Only functions with finite domains
C) All sets or functions of the appropriate sort
D) Only subsets of the domain
  • 19. What does Henkin semantics allow for the interpretation of higher-order domains?
A) Only finite sets
B) Only the empty set
C) A proper subset of all sets or functions of that sort
D) The full powerset of the model's first-order part
  • 20. What is a necessary consequence of Gödel's incompleteness theorem for second-order arithmetic?
A) The compactness of second-order logic
B) The uniqueness of the standard interpretation
C) The completeness of second-order logic
D) The existence of non-standard interpretations of higher-order domains
  • 21. What property of second-order logic allows it to express the least-upper-bound property for sets of real numbers?
A) Its reliance on first-order logic
B) Its use of finite domains
C) Its ability to quantify over sets
D) Its ability to quantify over individual elements only
  • 22. What does the least-upper-bound property state about sets of real numbers?
A) Every bounded, nonempty set has a supremum
B) Every set is countable
C) Every set is finite
D) Every set has a maximum element
  • 23. What can be expressed in second-order logic that cannot be characterized in first-order logic?
A) Finiteness and countability of the domain
B) The existence of real numbers
C) The existence of infinite sets
D) Uncountability of the domain
  • 24. Which logic fragment is more expressive than first-order logic but less than full second-order logic?
A) Existential second-order logic (ESO)
B) First-order logic with Gödel's incompleteness theorem
C) First-order logic with Henkin quantifiers
D) Full second-order logic
  • 25. What logical symbol is used to represent 'for all' in the definition of equality in second-order logic?
A) ↔
B) ∀
C) ∃
D) →
  • 26. What is the base case in the second-order logic expression for mathematical induction?
A) 'P(n+1)'
B) 'P(n-1)'
C) 'P(0)'
D) 'P(n)'
  • 27. Is the MSO theory of the complete infinite binary tree decidable?
A) It is undecidable
B) Yes
C) No
D) Only under certain conditions
  • 28. What is the decidability status of full second-order logic over any infinite set?
A) Decidable under certain conditions
B) Only decidable for finite sets
C) Decidable
D) Undecidable
  • 29. What is the analogous construction in second-order arithmetic to the fragments of second-order logic?
A) Analytical hierarchy
B) Arithmetical hierarchy
C) Computational hierarchy
D) Logical hierarchy
  • 30. How many models does the second-order theory of the real numbers have?
A) Only one model.
B) An infinite number of models.
C) No models.
D) Many models, including countable ones.
  • 31. What classical theorem supports the uniqueness of the second-order theory of the real numbers?
A) Cantor's theorem.
B) Gödel's incompleteness theorem.
C) The Löwenheim–Skolem theorem.
D) There is only one Archimedean complete ordered field.
  • 32. What is an example of a finite second-order theory related to the continuum hypothesis?
A) A theory that defines the real numbers without any reference to cardinality.
B) A theory that only includes first-order logic axioms.
C) A theory that assumes the continuum hypothesis is false.
D) A theory characterizing the real numbers as a complete Archimedean ordered field plus an axiom about the domain's cardinality.
  • 33. Whose works on logic became famous due to the efforts of Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead?
A) C. S. Peirce
B) Gödel
C) Skolem
D) Gottlob Frege
  • 34. What paradox led to the realization that something was wrong with Frege's system?
A) Russell's paradox
B) Skolem's paradox
C) Löwenheim-Skolem theorem
D) Gödel's incompleteness
  • 35. Who rejected Quine's reasoning and advanced a plural quantification interpretation of second-order logic?
A) George Boolos
B) Gottlob Frege
C) W. V. Quine
D) C. S. Peirce
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