Certification Problem

Input (COPS 714)

We consider the TRS containing the following rules:

a h(f(a),c) (1)
a f(c) (2)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{a/0, h/2, f/1, c/0}

Property / Task

Prove or disprove confluence.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by csi @ CoCo 2022)

1 Non-Joinable Fork

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

t0 = a
h(f(a),c)
= t1

t0 = a
f(c)
= t1

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