Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Mixed_SRS/08-oppelt08)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

b(a(L(x1))) L(a(L(X(b(a(b(b(x1)))))))) (1)
b(L(x1)) L(b(x1)) (2)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Infinite derivation

There is a self-embedding derivation structure which implies nontermination.

b a (b)n L a L+ L a L X b a (b)n + 1 L a L X b a b b

The derivation can be derived as follows.