Certification Problem

Input (COPS 321)

The rewrite relation of the following conditional TRS is considered.

f(x) x | xe
g(d,x,y) A | yx
h(x,y) g(x,y,f(k)) | yx
a c
a d
b c
b d
c e
c l
k l
k m
d m

Property / Task

Prove or disprove confluence.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by ConCon @ CoCo 2020)

1 Non-Joinable Fork

The system is not confluent due to the following forking derivations.
k * l
k * m
The two resulting terms cannot be joined for the following reason: