Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Mixed_SRS/06-oppelt08)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Infinite derivation

There is a self-embedding derivation structure which implies nontermination.

a (b)n d c+ a (b)n + 1 d c

The derivation can be derived as follows.