Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-224)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.