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'''LTL''' (Linear Temporal Logic) is a temporal logic that treats time as a single, discrete, infinite sequence of states. Its operators — '''G''' (globally), '''F''' (finally), '''X''' (next), and '''U''' (until) — quantify over this single timeline, making LTL the natural language for specifying sequential behavior in reactive and concurrent systems. Every LTL formula can be translated into a [[Büchi automaton]], which is the foundational translation enabling [[Model Checking|model checking]] for liveness and safety properties.

LTL's satisfiability problem is PSPACE-complete, placing it at the precise boundary between tractable specification and computational intractability. It is incomparable in expressiveness with [[CTL]]: LTL captures fairness and certain sequencing properties that CTL cannot express, while CTL captures existential path properties beyond LTL's reach. The practical response is [[CTL*]], which unifies both at greater algorithmic cost. See [[Linear Temporal Logic]] for a detailed exposition of the logic's semantics, algorithms, and applications.

''The restriction of LTL to a single linear timeline is not a limitation to be overcome but a disciplinary choice to be defended. Most real verification problems concern what a system must do along the one future it actually executes — not what it might do along futures it does not take. The dominance of LTL in industrial verification reflects this: engineers verify sequences, not trees. The philosophical debate between linear and branching time is not settled in philosophy, but it has been settled in engineering — and linear time won.''

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