Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_06_SRS/uni-2)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

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

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by ttt2 @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Loop

The following loop proves nontermination.

t0 = a(a(a(a(c(a(a(a(c(a(a(c(a(x7666)))))))))))))
a(c(a(c(c(c(a(a(a(c(a(a(c(a(x7666))))))))))))))
a(c(a(a(a(a(a(a(a(c(a(a(c(a(x7666))))))))))))))
a(c(a(a(a(a(c(a(c(c(c(a(a(c(a(x7666)))))))))))))))
a(c(a(a(a(a(c(a(a(a(a(a(a(c(a(x7666)))))))))))))))
a(c(a(a(a(a(c(a(a(a(c(a(c(c(c(a(x7666))))))))))))))))
a(c(a(a(a(a(c(a(a(a(c(a(a(a(a(a(x7666))))))))))))))))
a(c(a(a(a(a(c(a(a(a(c(a(a(c(a(c(c(x7666)))))))))))))))))
= t7
where t7 = C[t0σ] and σ = {x7666/c(c(x7666))} and C = a(c())