Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1038)

We consider two TRSs R and S where R contains the rules

f(f(a)) f(f(f(a))) (1)
f(f(a)) f(a) (2)

and S contains the following rules:

f(g(f(x))) x (3)
f(g(x)) g(f(x)) (4)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{a/0, f/1, g/1}

Property / Task

Prove or disprove commutation.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by ACP @ CoCo 2023)

1 Non-Joinable Fork

The systems are not commuting due to the following forking derivations.
t0 = f(g(f(f(a))))
S f(a)
= s1
and
t0 = f(g(f(f(a))))
R f(g(f(a)))
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: