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    A Saturation-Based Unification Algorithm for Higher-Order Rational Patterns

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    Higher-order unification has been shown to be undecidable. Miller discovered the pattern fragment and subsequently showed that higher-order pattern unification is decidable and has most general unifiers. We extend the algorithm to higher-order rational terms (a.k.a. regular B\"{o}hm trees, a form of cyclic λ\lambda-terms) and show that pattern unification on higher-order rational terms is decidable and has most general unifiers. We prove the soundness and completeness of the algorithm
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