Lecture Notes in Logic, 52

Complexity of Infinite-Domain Constraint Satisfaction

Manuel Bodirsky

Complexity of Infinite-Domain Constraint Satisfaction

Year: 2021

ISBN: 9781107042841
538 pages. Hardcover.
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Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs) are natural computational problems that appear in many areas of theoretical computer science. Exploring which CSPs are solvable in polynomial time and which are NP-hard reveals a surprising link with central questions in universal algebra. This monograph presents a self-contained introduction to the universal-algebraic approach to complexity classification, treating both finite and infinite-domain CSPs. It includes the required background from logic and combinatorics, particularly model theory and Ramsey theory, and explains the recently discovered link between Ramsey theory and topological dynamics and its implications for CSPs. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in theoretical computer science and to mathematicians in logic, combinatorics, and dynamics who wish to learn about the applications of their work in complexity theory.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgements

Frontispiece

Chapter 1 – Introduction to constraint satisfaction problems

Chapter 2 – Model Theory

Chapter 3 – Primitive Positive Interpretations

Chapter 4 – Countably Categorical Structures

Chapter 5 – Examples

Chapter 6 – Universal Algebra

Chapter 7 – Equality Constraint Satisfaction Problems

Chapter 8 – Datalog

Chapter 9 – Topology

Chapter 10 – Oligomorphic Clones

Chapter 11 – Ramsey Theory

Chapter 12 – Temporal Constraint Satisfaction Problems

Chapter 13 – Non-Dichotomies

Chapter 14 – Conclusion and Outlook

References

Index