Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1120)

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

c a (1)
f(f(c)) c (2)
f(c) a (3)

and S contains the following rules:

a a (4)
f(h(a,a)) f(b) (5)
c 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 = c
S b
= s1
and
t0 = c
R a
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: