Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-564)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.