Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_07_size12/size-12-alpha-3-num-181)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(x1) x1 (1)
a(b(x1)) b(a(c(b(c(x1))))) (2)
b(x1) a(x1) (3)
c(c(x1)) x1 (4)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by matchbox @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Loop

The following loop proves nontermination.

t0 = a(a(b(x1)))
a(b(a(c(b(c(x1))))))
a(b(c(b(c(x1)))))
b(a(c(b(c(c(b(c(x1))))))))
b(a(c(b(b(c(x1))))))
b(a(c(a(b(c(x1))))))
a(a(c(a(b(c(x1))))))
a(a(c(b(a(c(b(c(c(x1)))))))))
a(a(c(b(a(c(b(x1)))))))
a(a(c(b(c(b(x1))))))
a(a(c(a(c(b(x1))))))
a(a(c(c(b(x1)))))
a(a(b(x1)))
= t12
where t12 = t0σ and σ = {x1/x1}