Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_19/random-284)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ttt2 @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over the arctic semiring over the integers
[a(x1)] = 2 · x1 + -∞
[b(x1)] = 4 · x1 + -∞
all of the following rules can be deleted.
b(a(b(b(x1)))) a(b(a(a(x1)))) (3)

1.1 Dependency Pair Transformation

The following set of initial dependency pairs has been identified.
a#(b(a(b(x1)))) a#(x1) (4)
a#(b(a(b(x1)))) a#(a(x1)) (5)
a#(b(a(b(x1)))) b#(a(a(x1))) (6)
a#(b(a(b(x1)))) b#(b(a(a(x1)))) (7)
b#(a(b(a(x1)))) b#(x1) (8)
b#(a(b(a(x1)))) a#(b(x1)) (9)
b#(a(b(a(x1)))) b#(a(b(x1))) (10)
b#(a(b(a(x1)))) a#(b(a(b(x1)))) (11)

1.1.1 Subterm Criterion Processor

We use the projection to multisets
π(b#) = { 1, 1 }
π(a#) = { 1, 1 }
π(a) = { 1, 1 }
π(b) = { 1, 1 }
to remove the pairs:
a#(b(a(b(x1)))) a#(x1) (4)
a#(b(a(b(x1)))) a#(a(x1)) (5)
a#(b(a(b(x1)))) b#(a(a(x1))) (6)
b#(a(b(a(x1)))) b#(x1) (8)
b#(a(b(a(x1)))) a#(b(x1)) (9)
b#(a(b(a(x1)))) b#(a(b(x1))) (10)

1.1.1.1 Reduction Pair Processor with Usable Rules

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over (3 x 3)-matrices with strict dimension 1 over the naturals
[a(x1)] =
0 0 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
· x1 +
0 0 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
[b#(x1)] =
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
· x1 +
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
[b(x1)] =
1 0 0
1 0 0
0 1 0
· x1 +
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
[a#(x1)] =
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
· x1 +
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
together with the usable rules
a(b(a(b(x1)))) b(b(a(a(x1)))) (1)
b(a(b(a(x1)))) a(b(a(b(x1)))) (2)
(w.r.t. the implicit argument filter of the reduction pair), the pair
a#(b(a(b(x1)))) b#(b(a(a(x1)))) (7)
could be deleted.

1.1.1.1.1 Dependency Graph Processor

The dependency pairs are split into 0 components.