Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Standard/SK90/2.54)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

f(x,a) x (1)
f(x,g(y)) f(g(x),y) (2)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ttt2 @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over (4 x 4)-matrices with strict dimension 1 over the naturals
[f(x1, x2)] =
1 0 0 0
1 1 0 0
0 1 1 1
0 1 0 1
· x1 +
1 1 0 1
0 1 1 1
1 1 0 1
0 0 1 0
· x2 +
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
[a] =
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
[g(x1)] =
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 1
· x1 +
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
all of the following rules can be deleted.
f(x,g(y)) f(g(x),y) (2)

1.1 Rule Removal

Using the Weighted Path Order with the following precedence and status
prec(f) = 0 status(f) = [2, 1] list-extension(f) = Lex
prec(a) = 0 status(a) = [] list-extension(a) = Lex
and the following Max-polynomial interpretation
[f(x1, x2)] = 2 + 1 · x1 + 1 · x2
[a] = max(0)
all of the following rules can be deleted.
f(x,a) x (1)

1.1.1 R is empty

There are no rules in the TRS. Hence, it is terminating.