Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Wenzel_16/babbabbaba-ababbabbabba.srs)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

b(a(b(b(a(b(b(a(b(a(x1)))))))))) a(b(a(b(b(a(b(b(a(b(b(a(x1)))))))))))) (1)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 String Reversal

Since only unary symbols occur, one can reverse all terms and obtains the TRS
a(b(a(b(b(a(b(b(a(b(x1)))))))))) a(b(b(a(b(b(a(b(b(a(b(a(x1)))))))))))) (2)

1.1 Semantic Labeling

Root-labeling is applied.

We obtain the labeled TRS
ab(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(ba(x1)))))))))) ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(ba(aa(x1)))))))))))) (3)
ab(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(x1)))))))))) ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(ba(ab(x1)))))))))))) (4)

1.1.1 Dependency Pair Transformation

The following set of initial dependency pairs has been identified.
ab#(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(ba(x1)))))))))) ab#(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(ba(aa(x1)))))))))))) (5)
ab#(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(ba(x1)))))))))) ab#(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(ba(aa(x1))))))))) (6)
ab#(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(ba(x1)))))))))) ab#(bb(ba(ab(ba(aa(x1)))))) (7)
ab#(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(ba(x1)))))))))) ab#(ba(aa(x1))) (8)
ab#(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(x1)))))))))) ab#(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(ba(ab(x1)))))))))))) (9)
ab#(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(x1)))))))))) ab#(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(ba(ab(x1))))))))) (10)
ab#(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(x1)))))))))) ab#(bb(ba(ab(ba(ab(x1)))))) (11)
ab#(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(x1)))))))))) ab#(ba(ab(x1))) (12)
ab#(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(ba(ab(bb(x1)))))))))) ab#(x1) (13)

1.1.1.1 Dependency Graph Processor

The dependency pairs are split into 1 component.