Longest Common Substring Problem - Problem Definition

Problem Definition

Given two strings, of length and of length, find the longest strings which are substrings of both and .

A generalisation is the k-common substring problem. Given the set of strings, where and Σ. Find for each 2 ≤ ≤, the longest strings which occur as substrings of at least strings.

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