Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Mixed_SRS/07-oppelt08)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

R(b(x1)) b(R(x1)) (1)
R(c(x1)) L(c(x1)) (2)
b(L(x1)) L(b(x1)) (3)
a(L(x1)) a(b(R(x1))) (4)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Infinite derivation

There is a self-embedding derivation structure which implies nontermination.

a (b)n L c+ a (b)n + 1 L c

The derivation can be derived as follows.