Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Trafo_06/hom02)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by matchbox @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

Using the matrix interpretations of dimension 1 with strict dimension 1 over the rationals with delta = 1
[c(x1)] = x1 +
0
[b(x1)] = x1 +
1/2
[a(x1)] = x1 +
1
all of the following rules can be deleted.
b(b(x1)) c(c(c(x1))) (3)

1.1 Dependency Pair Transformation

The following set of initial dependency pairs has been identified.
c#(c(c(b(b(x1))))) a#(x1) (5)
a#(b(b(x1))) c#(c(c(a(x1)))) (6)
a#(b(b(x1))) c#(c(a(x1))) (7)
a#(b(b(x1))) c#(a(x1)) (8)
a#(b(b(x1))) a#(x1) (9)

1.1.1 Monotonic Reduction Pair Processor with Usable Rules

Using the matrix interpretations of dimension 1 with strict dimension 1 over the rationals with delta = 1
[c(x1)] = x1 +
0
[b(x1)] = x1 +
1
[a(x1)] = x1 +
2
[c#(x1)] = x1 +
1
[a#(x1)] = x1 +
2
together with the usable rules
a(x1) b(b(x1)) (1)
a(b(b(x1))) b(b(c(c(c(a(x1)))))) (2)
c(c(c(b(b(x1))))) a(x1) (4)
(w.r.t. the implicit argument filter of the reduction pair), the pairs
c#(c(c(b(b(x1))))) a#(x1) (5)
a#(b(b(x1))) c#(c(c(a(x1)))) (6)
a#(b(b(x1))) c#(c(a(x1))) (7)
a#(b(b(x1))) c#(a(x1)) (8)
a#(b(b(x1))) a#(x1) (9)
and no rules could be deleted.

1.1.1.1 Dependency Graph Processor

The dependency pairs are split into 0 components.