Number of quantifiers is better than number of tape cells

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We introduce a new complexity measure, QN[f(n)], which measures the size of sentences from predicate calculus needed to express a given property. We show that: NSPACE[f(n)]⊆QN[(f(n))2/log n]⊆DSPACE[(f(n))2]. Fraisse-Ehrenfeucht games are used to prove sharp lower bounds in the measure.

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论文评审过程:Received 5 January 1981, Revised 15 January 1981, Available online 4 December 2003.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0000(81)90039-8