Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Zantema_04/z042)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.