@InProceedings{straubing:LIPIcs.CSL.2011.525, author = {Straubing, Howard}, title = {{Algebraic Characterization of the Alternation Hierarchy in FO^2\lbrack\langle\rbrack on Finite Words}}, booktitle = {Computer Science Logic (CSL'11) - 25th International Workshop/20th Annual Conference of the EACSL}, pages = {525--537}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-939897-32-3}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2011}, volume = {12}, editor = {Bezem, Marc}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2011.525}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-32549}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2011.525}, annote = {Keywords: automata, finite model theory} }