Finite Model Theory: Second Edition

by Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus, Jörg Flum

This is a thoroughly revised and enlarged second edition that presents the main results of descriptive complexity theory, that is, the connections between axiomatizability of classes of finite structures and their complexity with respect to time and space bounds. The logics that are important in this context include fixed-point logics, transitive closure logics, and also certain infinitary languages; their model theory is studied in full detail. The book is written in such a way that the respective parts on model theory and descriptive complexity theory may be read independently.

Genres: Logic, Mathematics

371 pages, Hardcover

First published October 18, 1995

Reviews

[Art Wangchu · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a classic textbook for finite model theory.
I think it is much more readable than Elements of Finite Model Theory