Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Relative/Waldmann_06_relative/r9)

The relative rewrite relation R/S is considered where R is the following TRS

b(a(b(x1))) b(a(a(a(b(x1))))) (1)

and S is the following TRS.

a(a(a(x1))) b(b(b(b(x1)))) (2)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

Using the matrix interpretations of dimension 6 with strict dimension 1 over the integers
[b(x1)] =
0
0
0
1
0
0
+
1 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
· x1
[a(x1)] =
0
0
0
0
1
0
+
1 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 1
0 0 0 1 0 0
· x1
all of the following rules can be deleted.
a(a(a(x1))) b(b(b(b(x1)))) (2)

1.1 Bounds

The given TRS is match-(raise)-bounded by 1. This is shown by the following automaton.