Definability in the Substructure Ordering of Simple Graphs
Definability in the Substructure Ordering of Simple Graphs
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简单图子结构排序的可定义性
DOI:
10.1007/s00026-015-0295-4
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发表时间:
2015
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0.5
通讯作者:
A. Wires
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作者:
A. Wires
For simple graphs, we investigate and seek to characterize the properties first-order definable by the induced subgraph relation. Let PG\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$${\mathcal{P}\mathcal{G}}$$\end{document} denote the set of finite isomorphism types of simple graphs ordered by the induced subgraph relation. We prove this poset has only one non-identity automorphism co, and for each finite isomorphism type G, the set {G, Gco} is definable. Furthermore, we show first-order definability in PG\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$${\mathcal{P}\mathcal{G}}$$\end{document} captures, up to isomorphism, full second-order satisfiability among finite simple graphs. These results can be utilized to explore first-order definability in the closely associated lattice of universal classes. We show that for simple graphs, the lattice of universal classes has only one non-trivial automorphism, the set of finitely generated and finitely axiomatizable universal classes are separately definable, and each such universal subclass is definable up to the unique non-trivial automorphism.