Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1059)

We consider two TRSs R and S where R contains the rules

a f(a) (1)
a g(h(a)) (2)
f(x) h(g(x)) (3)
h(x) f(g(x)) (4)

and S contains the following rules:

a b (5)
a c (6)
a e (7)
b d (8)
c a (9)
d a (10)
d e (11)
g(x) h(a) (12)
h(x) e (13)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{a/0, b/0, c/0, d/0, e/0, f/1, g/1, h/1}

Property / Task

Prove or disprove commutation.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by ACP @ CoCo 2023)

1 Non-Joinable Fork

The systems are not commuting due to the following forking derivations.
t0 = a
S b
= s1
and
t0 = a
R f(a)
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: