Certification Problem

Input (COPS 366)

The rewrite relation of the following conditional TRS is considered.

f(x) x | s(x) ≈ t(x)
s(a) t(b)
a b

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.
s(a) * s(b)
s(a) * t(b)
The two resulting terms cannot be joined for the following reason: