Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Zantema_04/z046)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by matchbox @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Loop

The following loop proves nontermination.

t0 = a(a(b(a(c(c(a(a(b(a(a(x1)))))))))))
a(a(b(a(c(a(a(b(a(c(c(a(a(b(a(x1)))))))))))))))
a(a(b(a(a(a(b(a(c(c(a(a(b(c(c(a(a(b(a(x1)))))))))))))))))))
a(a(b(a(a(a(b(a(c(c(a(a(b(c(a(a(b(a(c(c(a(a(b(x1)))))))))))))))))))))))
a(a(b(a(a(a(b(a(c(c(a(a(b(a(a(b(a(c(c(a(a(b(c(c(a(a(b(x1)))))))))))))))))))))))))))
= t4
where t4 = C[t0σ] and σ = {x1/b(a(c(c(a(a(b(c(c(a(a(b(x1))))))))))))} and C = a(a(b(a())))