Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-158)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

a b c+ b a b c ε

The derivation can be derived as follows.