Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Standard/Zantema_05/jw47)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

f(f(a,f(x,a)),a) f(a,f(f(x,a),a)) (1)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ttt2 @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

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

1.1 R is empty

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