Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-260)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.