Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Zantema_06/loop1)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

a b b b b b b+ b b a b b b b b b ε

The derivation can be derived as follows.