FO (complexity) - Logic Without Arithmetical Relations

Logic Without Arithmetical Relations

Let the successor relation, succ, be a binary relation such that is true if and only if .

Over first order logic, succ is strictly less expressive than <, which is less expressive than +, which is less expressive than bit. + and are as expressive as bit.

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