Certification Problem

Input (COPS 503)

We consider the TRS containing the following rules:

f(a,a,b,b) f(c,c,c,c) (1)
a b (2)
a c (3)
b a (4)
b c (5)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{f/4, a/0, b/0, c/0}

Property / Task

Prove or disprove confluence.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by csi @ CoCo 2021)

1 Parallel Closed

Confluence is proven since the TRS is (almost) parallel closed. The joins can be performed using 1 parallel step(s).