Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-7)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(x1) x1 (1)
a(x1) b(x1) (2)
a(b(c(x1))) c(b(a(c(a(x1))))) (3)
c(x1) x1 (4)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

a b c b c c b c+ b a b c b c c b c ε

The derivation can be derived as follows.