Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Secret_07_SRS/num-527)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(a(b(x1))) b(b(c(a(c(x1))))) (1)
a(c(x1)) a(a(x1)) (2)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

a c c a b b c b b+ b b c b b c a b b c b b c a c c a b b c b b c a c

The derivation can be derived as follows.