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= Solution

\b[No.] The <Omega combinator> is
$$
\Omega=(\lambda x.xx)(\lambda x.xx).
$$
Its only <beta-redex> contracts back to $\Omega$ itself. Every reduction sequence therefore repeats the same term, which is not in <beta-normal form>. Thus $\Omega$ has no beta-normal form.

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