Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1109)

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

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

and S contains the following rules:

a b (4)
a f(a) (5)
b f(f(b)) (6)

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