Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1082)

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

c b (1)
b a (2)

and S contains the following rules:

f(g(f(x))) g(f(g(x))) (3)
f(c) c (4)
g(c) c (5)

The underlying signature is as follows:

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

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