Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Standard/Secret_06_TRS/4)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

c(c(b(c(x)))) b(a(0,c(x))) (1)
c(c(x)) b(c(b(c(x)))) (2)
a(0,x) c(c(x)) (3)

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
[b(x1)] =
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0
· x1 +
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
[a(x1, x2)] =
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0
· x1 +
1 0 1 1
0 0 0 1
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 1
· x2 +
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
[c(x1)] =
1 0 0 1
0 0 1 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 1 0
· x1 +
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
[0] =
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
all of the following rules can be deleted.
c(c(x)) b(c(b(c(x)))) (2)

1.1 Rule Removal

Using the Knuth Bendix order with w0 = 1 and the following precedence and weight functions
prec(a) = 3 weight(a) = 3
prec(0) = 2 weight(0) = 1
prec(b) = 0 weight(b) = 2
prec(c) = 1 weight(c) = 2
all of the following rules can be deleted.
c(c(b(c(x)))) b(a(0,c(x))) (1)
a(0,x) c(c(x)) (3)

1.1.1 R is empty

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