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Basic Logic, K4, and Persistence

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We characterize the first-order formulas with one free variable that are preserved under bisimulation and persistence or strong persistence over the class of Kripke models with transitive frames and unary persistent predicates.

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Ruitenburg, W. Basic Logic, K4, and Persistence. Studia Logica 63, 343–352 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005298819843

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