Certification Problem

Input (COPS 319)

The rewrite relation of the following conditional TRS is considered.

f(x) e | dl
h(x,x) A

Property / Task

Prove or disprove confluence.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ConCon @ CoCo 2020)

1 Removal of Infeasible Rules

We may safely remove rules with infeasible conditions. They do not influence the rewrite relation in any way.

1.1 Rules with Infeasible Conditions

1.2 Quasi-reductive SDTRS where all CCPs are joinable

The given strongly deterministic oriented 3-CTRS is quasi-reductive and all CCPs are joinable.

1.2.1 Quasi-Reductive CTRS

The given CTRS is quasi-reductive

1.2.1.1 Unraveling

To prove that the CTRS is quasi-reductive, we show termination of the following unraveled system.

For h(x,x)A we get

1.2.1.1.1 Rule Removal

Using the Knuth Bendix order with w0 = 1 and the following precedence and weight functions
prec(A) = 0 weight(A) = 2
prec(h) = 1 weight(h) = 0
all of the following rules can be deleted.
h(x,x) A (2)

1.2.1.1.1.1 R is empty

There are no rules in the TRS. Hence, it is terminating.

1.2.2 All CCPs are joinable

A CCP is joinable if it is context-joinable, infeasible, or unfeasible.