Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Zantema_04/z128)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(a(a(x1))) b(a(b(x1))) (1)
b(a(b(x1))) a(b(a(x1))) (2)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

a a a b a a+ ε a a a b a a ε

The derivation can be derived as follows.