Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-47)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

c b b b b b b b b b+ b b c b b b b b b b b b c c

The derivation can be derived as follows.