Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Zantema_04/z044)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

c(a(b(a(x1)))) a(b(a(b(c(c(a(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 a b a b a b a+ a b a b c a b a b a b a b c c a b c c a

The derivation can be derived as follows.