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Show how a single ternary constraint such as "x + y = z" can be turned into three binary constraints by using an auxiliary variable.
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We can use a new data structure. 

For example, make an auxiliary variable t = [x, z-x].

t.1 = x

t.2 = y

sum(t) = z

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