Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1042)

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

a a (1)
f(h(a,a)) f(b) (2)
c b (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, h/2}

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(h(a,a))))
S h(a,a)
= s1
and
t0 = f(g(f(h(a,a))))
R f(g(f(b)))
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: