Reduce the word reachability problem restricted to the alphabet
{a,b} to
the set of tuples
⟨u,v,R⟩ where
u,v are words,
R is a word
rewrite system, the used alphabet has at most
3 symbols, and
uu reaches
vv using
R, in order to prove that such set is undecidable (not recursive).
The use of morphism is not allowed in the description of this reduction.