The STO-problem is NP-hard

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A finite set of term equations E is called subject to the occur-check (STO) if a sequence of actions of the Martelli-Montanari unification algorithm starts with E and ends with a failure due to occur-check. We prove here that the problem of deciding whether E is STO is NP-hard. © 1994 Academic Press Limited.

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Apt, K. R., Boas, P. van E., & Welling, A. (1994). The STO-problem is NP-hard. Journal of Symbolic Computation, 18(5), 489–495. https://doi.org/10.1006/jsco.1994.1060

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