Definability with bounded number of bound variables

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Publication:922523

DOI10.1016/0890-5401(89)90055-2zbMath0711.03004OpenAlexW2053510959MaRDI QIDQ922523

Neil Immerman, Dexter Kozen

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Information and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0890-5401(89)90055-2




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