Certification Problem
Input (COPS 653)
We consider the TRS containing the following rules:
| c |
→ |
a |
(1) |
| b |
→ |
f(h(a,a)) |
(2) |
|
f(a) |
→ |
b |
(3) |
|
h(a,b) |
→ |
a |
(4) |
The underlying signature is as follows:
{c/0, a/0, b/0, f/1, h/2}Property / Task
Prove or disprove confluence.Answer / Result
No.Proof (by csi @ CoCo 2022)
1 Non-Joinable Fork
The system is not confluent due to the following forking derivations.
| t0
|
= |
h(a,b) |
|
→
|
h(a,f(h(a,a))) |
|
= |
t1
|
The two resulting terms cannot be joined for the following reason:
- When applying the cap-function on both terms (where variables may be treated like constants)
then the resulting terms do not unify.