Verified checking of first-order matrices with relation witnesses #
Boolean relation environments represent exactly the propositional relation environments. The computable matrix evaluator agrees with SO satisfaction and with the existing FO evaluator on embedded formulas. Existence of semantic relation witnesses is equivalent to existence of Boolean tables accepted by the evaluator, including nullary relations and empty contexts.
This supplies the logical verification interface for Immerman, Proposition 7.6.
SecondOrder.Certificate extends it to binary witnesses with exact length
bounds. SecondOrder.PolynomialTime gives arithmetic evaluation with the same
verdict and proves its polynomial-time machine bound on encoded tables.
Distinct Boolean relation environments have distinct propositional meanings.
Every semantic relation environment has a Boolean representation.
Matrix evaluation agrees with satisfaction under the represented relation tables.
Matrix evaluation extends the existing FO evaluator exactly.
Checking an FO matrix with supplied Boolean tables is decidable without classical choice.
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Boolean tables are complete existential witnesses for an FO matrix.
Universal matrix truth can also be checked over Boolean relation assignments.