The unification problem is given the problem
statement t =? t', find a most general
substitution s such that s(t) = s(t') modulo
the axioms of an Abelian group. The matching
problem is to find a most general substitution
s such that s(t) = t' modulo the axioms.
Substitition s is more general than s' if
there is a substitition s" such that s' =
s" o s.