Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-511)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.