Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-450)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.