Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Zantema_04/z046)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.