Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1092)

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

h(a,c) b (1)
c a (2)
b f(b) (3)

and S contains the following rules:

h(a,a) c (4)
b h(b,a) (5)
b a (6)
f(c) c (7)
c a (2)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{a/0, b/0, c/0, f/1, h/2}

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 = b
S h(b,a)
= s1
and
t0 = b
R f(b)
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: