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Theoretical Computer Science
Volume 276, Issues 1-2, 6 April 2002, Pages 183-204
 
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Binary (generalized) Post Correspondence Problem

Vesa HalavaCorresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, a, b, Tero HarjuE-mail The Corresponding Author, a and Mika Hirvensalo1, E-mail The Corresponding Author, , a, , b

a Department of Mathematics, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland b TUCS-Turku Centre for Computer Science, Lemminkäisenkatu 14 A, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland

Received 15 August 2000;
revised 12 December 2000;
accepted 8 February 2001.
Communicated by A. Salomaa.
Available online 8 April 2002.

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Abstract

We give a new proof for the decidability of the binary Post Correspondence Problem (PCP) originally proved in 1982 by Ehrenfeucht, Karhumäki and Rozenberg. Our proof is complete and somewhat shorter than the original proof although we use the same basic idea.

Author Keywords: Post Correspondence Problem; Binary Post Correspondence Problem; Generalised Post Correspondence Problem; Marked Morphisms; Decidability


 
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