Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Standard/Zantema_05/z06)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

f(a,f(b,x)) f(a,f(a,f(a,x))) (1)
f(b,f(a,x)) f(b,f(b,f(b,x))) (2)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ttt2 @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Dependency Pair Transformation

The following set of initial dependency pairs has been identified.
f#(a,f(b,x)) f#(a,x) (3)
f#(a,f(b,x)) f#(a,f(a,x)) (4)
f#(a,f(b,x)) f#(a,f(a,f(a,x))) (5)
f#(b,f(a,x)) f#(b,x) (6)
f#(b,f(a,x)) f#(b,f(b,x)) (7)
f#(b,f(a,x)) f#(b,f(b,f(b,x))) (8)

1.1 Dependency Graph Processor

The dependency pairs are split into 2 components.