Presburger arithmetic
Presburger arithmetic is a weakened form of arithmetic
which includes the structure
, the constant , the unary function , the binary function , and the binary relation
. Essentially, it is Peano arithmetic
without multiplication
.
The axioms are:
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
- 4.
- 5.
For each first order formula
,
Presburger arithmetic is decidable, but is consequently very limited in what it can express.