Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Standard/Zantema_15/ex04)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(L(x)) L(a(x)) (1)
R(a(x)) a(R(x)) (2)
a(L(L(x))) a(L(R(x))) (3)
R(R(a(x))) L(a(R(a(x)))) (4)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Infinite derivation

There is a self-embedding derivation structure which implies nontermination.

a L R (a)n R a+ a L R (a)n + 1 R a

The derivation can be derived as follows.