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Decidability of functionality for a single attributed tree transducer

Determine whether the functionality problem for a single attributed tree transducer is decidable; namely, given an attributed tree transducer A, decide whether the relation TA realized by A is a partial function.

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Background

While functionality for compositions of top-down tree transducers has been shown decidable, the authors emphasize that even the single-device functionality problem for attributed tree transducers has not been resolved.

Establishing decidability here would have broader implications, connecting to classical open problems in equivalence for deterministic attributed tree transducers.

References

In contrast, even for a single attributed tree transducer it is unknown whether or not functionality is decidable.

Attributed Tree Transducers for Partial Functions (2406.06141 - Maneth et al., 10 Jun 2024) in Section 8 (Conclusion)