Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_06_SRS/uni-3)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(a(a(x1))) b(b(c(a(a(x1))))) (1)
b(b(x1)) c(a(b(x1))) (2)
c(x1) x1 (3)

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.

(b)n + 3+ (b)2n a a b

The derivation can be derived as follows.