Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_19/random-436)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over the naturals
[a(x1)] = 1 · x1 + 1
[b(x1)] = 1 · x1
all of the following rules can be deleted.
a(a(b(a(x1)))) a(b(b(a(x1)))) (2)

1.1 Dependency Pair Transformation

The following set of initial dependency pairs has been identified.
a#(b(b(a(x1)))) a#(b(a(b(x1)))) (4)
a#(b(b(a(x1)))) a#(b(x1)) (5)
a#(a(b(b(x1)))) a#(a(x1)) (6)
a#(a(b(b(x1)))) a#(x1) (7)

1.1.1 Dependency Graph Processor

The dependency pairs are split into 2 components.