Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Trafo_06/un04)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.