Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-522)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.