Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Secret_06_SRS/1-matchbox)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

a a b b a b b b b b b a b b b+ b b b b b b b b b a a b b a b b b b b b a b b b a a a

The derivation can be derived as follows.