Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Bouchare_06/09)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

b(a(a(x1))) a(x1) (1)
a(a(a(x1))) b(b(b(x1))) (2)
b(b(x1)) a(b(a(x1))) (3)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

b b a a+ ε b b a a ε

The derivation can be derived as follows.