Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-402)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(x1) b(x1) (1)
b(b(a(c(x1)))) a(c(c(b(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.

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

The derivation can be derived as follows.