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Polynomial-time satisfiability tests for boolean fragments of set theory
We recently undertook an investigation aimed at identifying
small fragments of set theory (which in most cases are sublanguages
of Multi-Level Syllogistic) endowed with polynomial-time satisfiability
decision tests, potentially useful for automated proof verification. Leaving
out of consideration the membership relator 08 for the time being, in
this note we provide a complete taxonomy of the polynomial and the
NP-complete fragments involving, besides variables intended to range
over the von Neumann set-universe, the Boolean operators 2a, 29, , the
Boolean relators 86, / 86, =, /=, and the predicates \u2018\ub7 = 05\u2019 and \u2018Disj(\ub7, \ub7)\u2019,
meaning \u2018the argument set is empty\u2019 and \u2018the arguments are disjoint
sets\u2019, along with their opposites \u2018\ub7 /= 05\u2019 and \u2018\uacDisj(\ub7, \ub7)\u2019