Algebraic Characterization of FO for Scattered Linear Orderings
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We prove that for the class of sets of words indexed by countable scattered linear orderings, there is an equivalence between definability in first-order logic, star-free expressions with marked product, and recognizability by finite aperiodic semigroups which satisfy the equation xωx−ω = x. 1998 ACM Subject Classification F.4.1 Mathematical Logic; F.4.3 Formal Languages
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