Certification Problem

Input (COPS 491)

The rewrite relation of the following conditional TRS is considered.

f(g(x)) b | xa
g(x) c | xc

Property / Task

Prove or disprove confluence.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ConCon @ CoCo 2020)

1 Quasi-reductive SDTRS where all CCPs are joinable

The given strongly deterministic oriented 3-CTRS is quasi-reductive and all CCPs are joinable.

1.1 Quasi-Reductive CTRS

The given CTRS is quasi-reductive

1.1.1 Unraveling

To prove that the CTRS is quasi-reductive, we show termination of the following unraveled system.

For f(g(x))bxa we get
For g(x)cxc we get

1.1.1.1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over the naturals
[b] = 0
[f(x1)] = 2 · x1 + 0
[a] = 0
[U2(x1, x2)] = 1 · x1 + 2 · x2 + 4
[g(x1)] = 16 · x1 + 20
[c] = 4
[U1(x1, x2)] = 30 · x1 + 2 · x2 + 0
all of the following rules can be deleted.
f(g(x)) U1(x,x) (1)
g(x) U2(x,x) (3)
U2(c,x) c (4)

1.1.1.1.1 Rule Removal

Using the Knuth Bendix order with w0 = 1 and the following precedence and weight functions
prec(b) = 0 weight(b) = 2
prec(a) = 0 weight(a) = 1
prec(U1) = 1 weight(U1) = 0
all of the following rules can be deleted.
U1(a,x) b (2)

1.1.1.1.1.1 R is empty

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

1.2 All CCPs are joinable

A CCP is joinable if it is context-joinable, infeasible, or unfeasible.