Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1061)

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

a1 b1 (1)
a1 c1 (2)
b1 b2 (3)
c1 c2 (4)
a2 b2 (5)
a2 c2 (6)
b2 b3 (7)
c2 c3 (8)
a3 b3 (9)
a3 c3 (10)
b3 b4 (11)
c3 c4 (12)
a4 b4 (13)
a4 c4 (14)
b4 b5 (15)
c4 c5 (16)
a5 b5 (17)
a5 c5 (18)
b5 b6 (19)
c5 c6 (20)
a6 b6 (21)
a6 c6 (22)
b6 b7 (23)
c6 b7 (24)
b7 b1 (25)
b7 c1 (26)

and S contains the following rules:

a1 b1 (1)
a1 c1 (2)
b1 b2 (3)
c1 c2 (4)
a2 b2 (5)
a2 c2 (6)
b2 b3 (7)
c2 c3 (8)
a3 b3 (9)
a3 c3 (10)
b3 b4 (11)
c3 c4 (12)
a4 b4 (13)
a4 c4 (14)
b4 b5 (15)
c4 c5 (16)
a5 b5 (17)
a5 c5 (18)
b5 b6 (19)
c5 c6 (20)
a6 b6 (21)
a6 c6 (22)
b6 b7 (23)
c6 c7 (27)
a7 b7 (28)
a7 c7 (29)
b7 b8 (30)
c7 c8 (31)
a8 b8 (32)
a8 c8 (33)
b8 b9 (34)
c8 c9 (35)
a9 b9 (36)
a9 c9 (37)
b9 b10 (38)
c9 c10 (39)
a10 b11 (40)
b10 b11 (41)
c10 b11 (42)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{a1/0, a2/0, a3/0, a4/0, a5/0, a6/0, a7/0, a8/0, a9/0, b1/0, b2/0, b3/0, b4/0, b5/0, b6/0, b7/0, b8/0, b9/0, c1/0, c2/0, c3/0, c4/0, c5/0, c6/0, c7/0, c8/0, c9/0, a10/0, b10/0, b11/0, c10/0}

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 = c6
S c7
= s1
and
t0 = c6
R b7
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: