\begin{frame}{Modified Post Correspondence Problem} \begin{goal}{} We will show that the PCP is undecidable. \end{goal} \pause\bigskip\bigskip We first prove that the \emph{modified PCP (MPCP)} is undecidable. \pause\medskip \begin{block}{Modified PCP (MPCP)} Given $n$ pairs of words: \begin{talign} (w_1,v_1),\;\ldots,\;(w_n,v_n) \end{talign} Are there indices $i_1,i_2\ldots,i_k$ ($k \ge 1$) such that \begin{talign} \alert{w_1} w_{i_1} w_{i_2} \cdots w_{i_k} ~~ = ~~ \alert{v_1} v_{i_1} v_{i_2} \cdots v_{i_k} ~~ ? \end{talign} \end{block} \end{frame}