Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Innermost/AG01_innermost/#4.20a)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

f(f(x)) f(x) (1)
f(s(x)) f(x) (2)
g(s(0)) g(f(s(0))) (3)
The evaluation strategy is innermost.

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Semantic Labeling

Root-labeling is applied.

We obtain the labeled TRS
ff(ff(x)) ff(x) (4)
ff(fs(x)) fs(x) (5)
ff(fg(x)) fg(x) (6)
ff(f0(x)) f0(x) (7)
fs(sf(x)) ff(x) (8)
fs(ss(x)) fs(x) (9)
fs(sg(x)) fg(x) (10)
fs(s0(x)) f0(x) (11)
gs(s0(0)) gf(fs(s0(0))) (12)

1.1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over the naturals
[ff(x1)] = 1 · x1
[fs(x1)] = 1 · x1
[fg(x1)] = 1 · x1
[f0(x1)] = 1 · x1
[sf(x1)] = 1 · x1 + 1
[ss(x1)] = 1 · x1 + 1
[sg(x1)] = 1 · x1 + 1
[s0(x1)] = 1 · x1 + 1
[gs(x1)] = 1 · x1 + 1
[0] = 0
[gf(x1)] = 1 · x1
all of the following rules can be deleted.
fs(sf(x)) ff(x) (8)
fs(ss(x)) fs(x) (9)
fs(sg(x)) fg(x) (10)
fs(s0(x)) f0(x) (11)
gs(s0(0)) gf(fs(s0(0))) (12)

1.1.1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over the naturals
[ff(x1)] = 1 · x1 + 1
[fs(x1)] = 1 · x1
[fg(x1)] = 1 · x1
[f0(x1)] = 1 · x1
all of the following rules can be deleted.
ff(ff(x)) ff(x) (4)
ff(fs(x)) fs(x) (5)
ff(fg(x)) fg(x) (6)
ff(f0(x)) f0(x) (7)

1.1.1.1 R is empty

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