We gratefully acknowledge support from
the Simons Foundation and member institutions.
Full-text links:

Download:

Current browse context:

math.LO

Change to browse by:

References & Citations

Bookmark

(what is this?)
CiteULike logo BibSonomy logo Mendeley logo del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo

Mathematics > Logic

Title: Cyclic Group Spectra for Some Small Relation Algebras

Abstract: The question of characterizing the (finite) representable relation algebras in a ``nice" way is open. The class $\mathbf{RRA}$ is known to be not finitely axiomatizable in first-order logic. Nevertheless, it is conjectured that ``almost all'' finite relation algebras are representable.
All finite relation algebras with three or fewer atoms are representable. So one may ask, Over what cardinalities of sets are they representable? This question was answered completely by Andr\'eka and Maddux (``Representations for small relation algebras,'' \emph{Notre Dame J. Form. Log.}, \textbf{35} (1994)); they determine the spectrum of every finite relation algebra with three or fewer atoms.
In the present paper, we restrict attention to cyclic group representations, and completely determine the cyclic group spectrum for all seven symmetric integral relation algebras on three atoms. We find that in some instances, the spectrum and cyclic spectrum agree; in other instances, the spectra disagree for finitely many $n$; finally, for other instances, the spectra disagree for infinitely many $n$. The proofs employ constructions, SAT solvers, and the probabilistic method.
Subjects: Logic (math.LO); Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM); Combinatorics (math.CO)
MSC classes: 03G15, 05D40
Cite as: arXiv:2403.15939 [math.LO]
  (or arXiv:2403.15939v1 [math.LO] for this version)

Submission history

From: Jeremy Alm [view email]
[v1] Sat, 23 Mar 2024 21:56:07 GMT (9kb)

Link back to: arXiv, form interface, contact.