
We give a positive solution to the decidability problem for the fragment of set theory, dubbed BST ⊗, consisting of quantifier-free formulae involving the Boolean set operators of union, intersection, and set difference, along with the unordered Cartesian product operator ⊗ (where \(s \otimes t := \big \lbrace \lbrace u,v\rbrace \,\texttt {|}\:u \in s \wedge v \in t \big \rbrace\) ), and the equality predicate, but no membership. Specifically, we provide nondeterministic exponential decision procedures for both the ordinary and the finite satisfiability problems for BST ⊗. We expect that these decision procedures can be adapted for the standard Cartesian product and, with added technicalities, to the cases involving membership, providing a solution to a longstanding problem in computable set theory.
Logic in computer science, 03B25, 03B70, 03D15, 03E05, 05A18, 05C20, Satisfiability problem and decision procedures; Unordered Cartesian product; NEXPTIME satisfiability tests; Computable Set Theory, NEXPTIME satisfiability tests, computable set theory, Mathematics - Logic, Computer science, satisfiability problem and decision procedures, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), Logic (math.LO), unordered Cartesian product
Logic in computer science, 03B25, 03B70, 03D15, 03E05, 05A18, 05C20, Satisfiability problem and decision procedures; Unordered Cartesian product; NEXPTIME satisfiability tests; Computable Set Theory, NEXPTIME satisfiability tests, computable set theory, Mathematics - Logic, Computer science, satisfiability problem and decision procedures, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), Logic (math.LO), unordered Cartesian product
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