Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1085)

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

+(x,0) x (1)
+(x,s(y)) s(+(x,y)) (2)
-(0,x) 0 (3)
-(x,0) x (4)
-(s(x),s(y)) -(x,y) (5)

and S contains the following rules:

s(p(x)) x (6)
p(s(x)) x (7)
+(x,0) x (1)
+(x,s(y)) s(+(x,y)) (2)
+(x,p(y)) p(+(x,y)) (8)
-(0,0) 0 (9)
-(x,s(y)) p(-(x,y)) (10)
-(x,p(y)) s(-(x,y)) (11)
-(p(x),y) p(-(x,y)) (12)
-(s(x),y) s(-(x,y)) (13)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{+/2, -/2, 0/0, p/1, s/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 = -(0,s(y))
S p(-(0,y))
= s1
and
t0 = -(0,s(y))
R 0
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: