Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-100)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(x1) x1 (1)
a(a(a(x1))) b(x1) (2)
b(c(x1)) c(a(c(b(x1)))) (3)
c(x1) x1 (4)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by matchbox @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Loop

The following loop proves nontermination.

t0 = a(b(b(c(c(x1)))))
a(b(c(a(c(b(c(x1)))))))
a(b(c(c(b(c(x1))))))
a(c(a(c(b(c(b(c(x1))))))))
a(c(a(b(c(b(c(x1)))))))
a(a(b(c(b(c(x1))))))
a(a(c(a(c(b(b(c(x1))))))))
a(a(a(c(b(b(c(x1)))))))
b(c(b(b(c(x1)))))
c(a(c(b(b(b(c(x1)))))))
c(a(b(b(b(c(x1))))))
a(b(b(b(c(x1)))))
a(b(b(c(a(c(b(x1)))))))
a(b(b(c(c(b(x1))))))
= t13
where t13 = t0σ and σ = {x1/b(x1)}