Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1088)

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

b c (1)
h(b,b) a (2)
h(c,c) c (3)
c c (4)

and S contains the following rules:

c b (5)
b a (6)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{a/0, b/0, c/0, h/2}

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 = h(b,b)
S h(a,b)
= s1
and
t0 = h(b,b)
R a
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: