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+When thinking about finite tree automata, it is often desirable to have a
+few simple examples in mind to compare classes. We have collected a few
+such examples here.
+
+\subsection{Equalities Vs. Recursion}
+
+\subsubsection{All-equal lists}
+
+Not all classes of automata permit free interaction of recursion and
+equality constraints; as such, these classes may not be able to describe the
+language of all-equal lists: $\set{ [], [A], [A,A], [A,A,A], \ldots }$ for
+any $A$. Note, however, that for a fixed, regular tree $A$, the set of
+all-equal lists of $A$ is a regular tree language. The difficulty emerges
+when we wish to describe all-equal lists over an unbounded number of
+possible elements.
+
+\subsubsection{Markovian-equal lists}
+
+A generalization of the above, consider the language of lists composed of
+regions of size at least two whose elements are equal, for example:
+$[A,A,B,B,B]$ or $[A,A,A,B,B,C,C,D,D,D,D]$. Rigid tree automata will not be
+able to describe such a class due to the need for unboundedly many
+equivalence classes.
+
+\subsection{Opacity}
+
+Consider the sets of trees described by
+%
+\begin{center}\begin{tabular}{cc}
+ $\set{ f(g(X,Y),g(Z,X)) \middle\vert X,Y,Z \in \mathcal{T}(\Sigma)}$
+ & $\set{ f(W,g(A,B)) \middle\vert A,B,W \in \mathcal{T}(\Sigma) \wedge A\vert_1 = B\vert_2 }$
+ \\
+ \begin{tikzpicture}
+ \Tree [.f [.g X Y ] [.g Z X ] ]
+ \end{tikzpicture}
+ & \begin{tikzpicture}
+ \Tree [.f W [.g$_{11=21}$ A B ] ]
+ \end{tikzpicture}
+\end{tabular}\end{center}
+%
+These descriptions are clearly (given their comprehension form) amenable to
+classification by Opaque constraints. Their intersection is $\set{
+f(g(A,B),g(C,A)) \middle\vert A,B,C \in \mathcal{T}(\Sigma) \wedge C\vert_1
+= A\vert_2 }$, which can be made amenable to Opaque classification only if
+we are able to unfold $\mathcal{T}(\Sigma)$ for $A$ and $C$. While we can
+do this for regular trees over finite $\Sigma$, in general what we are
+calling here $A$ will actually be trees accepted by a particular state, so
+we can only describe this intersection with Opaque constraints if we are
+able to unfold the description of that state. In general, that unfolding
+process might not terminate.
+%
+\Note{I would feel a lot better if somebody checked this.}