Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Standard/SK90/2.60)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

f(g(f(a),h(a,f(a)))) → f(h(g(f(a),a),g(f(a),f(a)))) (1)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ttt2 @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over (5 x 5)-matrices with strict dimension 1 over the naturals
[f(x1)] =
1 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0
· x1 +
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
[g(x1, x2)] =
1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
· x1 +
1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
· x2 +
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
[a] =
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
[h(x1, x2)] =
1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
· x1 +
1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
· x2 +
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
all of the following rules can be deleted.
f(g(f(a),h(a,f(a)))) → f(h(g(f(a),a),g(f(a),f(a)))) (1)

1.1 R is empty

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