On the decision problem for quantified probability logics

Let $\mathsf{QPL}^{\mathrm{e}}$ expand the quantifier-free "polynomial" probability logic of [4] (R. Fagin et al., 1990) by adding quantifiers over arbitrary events; it can be viewed as a one-sorted elementary language for reasoning about probability spaces. We prove that the $\Sigma_2$-fragment of the $\mathsf{QPL}^{\mathrm{e}}$-theory of finite spaces is hereditarily undecidable. By earlier observations, this implies that $\Pi_2$ is the maximal decidable prefix fragment of $\mathsf{QPL}^{\mathrm{e}}$. Moreover, we obtain similar results for two natural one-sorted logics of probability that emerge from [1] (M. Abadi and J. Y. Halpern, 1994).

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Izvestiya Mathematics
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.4213/im9652e
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Abstract

Let $\mathsf{QPL}^{\mathrm{e}}$ expand the quantifier-free "polynomial" probability logic of [4] (R. Fagin et al., 1990) by adding quantifiers over arbitrary events; it can be viewed as a one-sorted elementary language for reasoning about probability spaces. We prove that the $\Sigma_2$-fragment of the $\mathsf{QPL}^{\mathrm{e}}$-theory of finite spaces is hereditarily undecidable. By earlier observations, this implies that $\Pi_2$ is the maximal decidable prefix fragment of $\mathsf{QPL}^{\mathrm{e}}$. Moreover, we obtain similar results for two natural one-sorted logics of probability that emerge from [1] (M. Abadi and J. Y. Halpern, 1994).

Izvestiya MathematicsVol. 89(3)
Russian Academy of Sciences (RU), Steklov Mathematical Institute (RU)
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Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
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