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Counting finite models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Alan R. Woods
Alan R. Woods*
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Department of Mathematics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands W.A. 6907, Australia, E-mail: woods@maths.uwa.edu.au
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Abstract

Let φ be a monadic second order sentence about a finite structure from a class which is closed under disjoint unions and has components. Compton has conjectured that if the number of n element structures has appropriate asymptotics, then unlabelled (labelled) asymptotic probabilities ν(φ) (μ(φ) respectively) for φ always exist. By applying generating series methods to count finite models, and a tailor made Tauberian lemma, this conjecture is proved under a mild additional condition on the asymptotics of the number of single component -structures. Prominent among examples covered, are structures consisting of a single unary function (or partial function) and a fixed number of unary predicates.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 925 - 949
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1997

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