Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-140)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(x1) x1 (1)
a(b(x1)) a(a(c(b(b(a(x1)))))) (2)
b(x1) x1 (3)
c(c(x1)) x1 (4)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by matchbox @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Loop

The following loop proves nontermination.

t0 = a(c(a(b(x1))))
a(c(a(a(c(b(b(a(x1))))))))
a(c(a(a(c(b(b(x1)))))))
a(c(a(c(b(b(x1))))))
a(c(c(b(b(x1)))))
a(b(b(x1)))
a(a(c(b(b(a(b(x1)))))))
a(a(c(b(a(b(x1))))))
a(a(c(a(b(x1)))))
= t8
where t8 = C[t0σ] and σ = {x1/x1} and C = a()