/**
  * Does the current state of the algorithm optimistically assume that a vertex v is congruent to
  * the vertices in a congruence class? Note: this can return true even if if the value numbers
  * don't currently match.
  *
  * @param v the vertex in question
  * @param c the congurence class to check
  * @return true or false
  */
 private boolean checkCongruence(OPT_ValueGraphVertex v, OPT_GVCongruenceClass c) {
   OPT_ValueGraphVertex r = c.getRepresentative();
   boolean result = checkCongruence(r, v);
   return result;
 }