Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-21)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.