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Which one of the following instances of the Post Correspondence Problem has a viable sequence?

The instance {(ab, abb), (ba, aaa), (aa, a)} has a matching sequence. Taking tiles 1, 2, 3, 3 gives ab·ba·aa·aa = abbaaaaa on top and abb·aaa·a·a = abbaaaaa on the bottom.

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Which one of the following instances of the Post Correspondence Problem has a viable sequence?

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The instance {(ab, abb), (ba, aaa), (aa, a)} has a matching sequence. Taking tiles 1, 2, 3, 3 gives ab·ba·aa·aa = abbaaaaa on top and abb·aaa·a·a = abbaaaaa on the bottom.

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