Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1105)

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

a b (1)
f(a) g(a) (2)
f(b) g(b) (3)

and S contains the following rules:

f(a) f(f(a)) (4)
f(x) f(a) (5)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{a/0, b/0, f/1, g/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 = f(a)
S f(f(a))
= s1
and
t0 = f(a)
R g(a)
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: