Certification Problem                    
                
Input (COPS 956)
We consider the TRS containing the following rules:
| 
r(e(x)) | 
→ | 
w(r(x)) | 
(1) | 
| 
i(t(x)) | 
→ | 
e(r(x)) | 
(2) | 
| 
e(w(x)) | 
→ | 
r(i(x)) | 
(3) | 
| 
t(e(x)) | 
→ | 
r(e(x)) | 
(4) | 
| 
w(r(x)) | 
→ | 
i(t(x)) | 
(5) | 
| 
e(r(x)) | 
→ | 
e(w(x)) | 
(6) | 
| 
r(i(t(e(r(x))))) | 
→ | 
e(w(r(i(t(e(x)))))) | 
(7) | 
The underlying signature is as follows:
{r/1, e/1, w/1, i/1, t/1}Property / Task
Prove or disprove confluence.Answer / Result
No.Proof (by csi @ CoCo 2021)
1 Non-Joinable Fork
        The system is not confluent due to the following forking derivations.  
        
| t0
 | 
= | 
e(r(e(x355))) | 
 | 
→
 | 
e(w(r(x355))) | 
 | 
→
 | 
r(i(r(x355))) | 
 | 
= | 
t2
 | 
| t0
 | 
= | 
e(r(e(x355))) | 
 | 
→
 | 
e(w(e(x355))) | 
 | 
→
 | 
r(i(e(x355))) | 
 | 
= | 
t2
 | 
            
        The two resulting terms cannot be joined for the following reason:
        - When applying the cap-function on both terms (where variables may be treated like constants)
            then the resulting terms do not unify.