Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Zantema_06/loop2)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

b(b(b(x1))) a(a(x1)) (1)
a(a(x1)) b(a(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 a b b a b b a+ b a a b b a b b a b

The derivation can be derived as follows.