Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Trafo_06/hom02)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ttt2 @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

Using the Knuth Bendix order with w0 = 1 and the following precedence and weight functions
prec(c) = 2 weight(c) = 0
prec(b) = 0 weight(b) = 1
prec(a) = 1 weight(a) = 2
all of the following rules can be deleted.
a(x1) b(b(x1)) (1)
a(b(b(x1))) b(b(c(c(c(a(x1)))))) (2)
b(b(x1)) c(c(c(x1))) (3)
c(c(c(b(b(x1))))) a(x1) (4)

1.1 R is empty

There are no rules in the TRS. Hence, it is terminating.