Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-353)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.