Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-475)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

b b c a b c c a c c+ c c a c c a c c a a c c a b b c a b c c a c c a a a

The derivation can be derived as follows.