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Relation in theoretical computer science

A word equation is a formal equality between a pair of words and, each over an alphabet comprising both constants and unknowns . An assignment of constant words to the unknowns of is said to solve  if it maps both sides of to identical words. Word equations are a central object in combinatorics on words; they play an analogous role in this area as do Diophantine equations in number theory. One stark difference is that Diophantine equations have an undecidable solubility problem, whereas the analogous problem for word equations is decidable. Wikipedia →

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  4. Read the landmark paper: Investigating the Unique Predictors of Word-Problem Solving Using Meta-Analytic Structural Equation ModelingCited 52 times
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