Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1039)

We consider two TRSs R and S where R contains the rules

f(a) b (1)
a a' (2)
f(b) c (3)

and S contains the following rules:

f(g(f(x))) x (4)
f(g(x)) g(f(x)) (5)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{a/0, b/0, c/0, f/1, g/1, a'/0}

Property / Task

Prove or disprove commutation.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by ACP @ CoCo 2023)

1 Non-Joinable Fork

The systems are not commuting due to the following forking derivations.
t0 = f(g(f(a)))
S a
= s1
and
t0 = f(g(f(a)))
R f(g(b))
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: