Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-492)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(a(x1)) b(x1) (1)
a(b(c(x1))) c(c(a(a(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 b c b c c a c c+ c c c c a c c b c c a a b c b c c a c c a a a a

The derivation can be derived as follows.