Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Secret_07_SRS/num-515)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

b c a a c c a c c+ c c c c a c c a a c c a b c a a c c a c c b a

The derivation can be derived as follows.