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Computer Science, Logic in Computer Science, cs.LO
Abstract:
For which unary predicates $P_1, \ldots, P_m$ is the MSO theory of the
structure $\langle \mathbb{N}; <, P_1, \ldots, P_m \rangle$ decidable? We
survey the state of the art, leading us to investigate combinatorial properties
of almost-periodic, morphic, and toric words. In doing so, we show that if each
$P_i$ can be generated by a toric dynamical system of a certain kind, then the
attendant MSO theory is decidable.