Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Standard/Rubio_04/bn122)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

plus(plus(X,Y),Z) plus(X,plus(Y,Z)) (1)
times(X,s(Y)) plus(X,times(Y,X)) (2)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over the naturals
[plus(x1, x2)] = 1 · x1 + 1 · x2
[times(x1, x2)] = 2 · x1 + 1 · x2
[s(x1)] = 2 + 2 · x1
all of the following rules can be deleted.
times(X,s(Y)) plus(X,times(Y,X)) (2)

1.1 Rule Removal

Using the Knuth Bendix order with w0 = 1 and the following precedence and weight functions
prec(plus) = 0 weight(plus) = 0
all of the following rules can be deleted.
plus(plus(X,Y),Z) plus(X,plus(Y,Z)) (1)

1.1.1 R is empty

There are no rules in the TRS. Hence, it is terminating.