Certification Problem

Input (COPS 544)

We consider the TRS containing the following rules:

g(x) h(k(x)) (1)
g(x) x (2)
h(k(x)) f(x) (3)
f(x) x (4)
k(c) c (5)
f(c) g(c) (6)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{g/1, h/1, k/1, f/1, c/0}

Property / Task

Prove or disprove confluence.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by ACP @ CoCo 2021)

1 Non-Joinable Fork

The system is not confluent due to the following forking derivations.

t0 = g(c)
h(k(c))
h(c)
= t2

t0 = g(c)
c
= t1

The two resulting terms cannot be joined for the following reason: