Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Standard/SK90/4.29)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

merge(x,nil) x (1)
merge(nil,y) y (2)
merge(++(x,y),++(u,v)) ++(x,merge(y,++(u,v))) (3)
merge(++(x,y),++(u,v)) ++(u,merge(++(x,y),v)) (4)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

Using the Knuth Bendix order with w0 = 1 and the following precedence and weight functions
prec(nil) = 0 weight(nil) = 1
prec(u) = 3 weight(u) = 3
prec(v) = 4 weight(v) = 1
prec(merge) = 2 weight(merge) = 0
prec(++) = 1 weight(++) = 0
all of the following rules can be deleted.
merge(x,nil) x (1)
merge(nil,y) y (2)
merge(++(x,y),++(u,v)) ++(x,merge(y,++(u,v))) (3)
merge(++(x,y),++(u,v)) ++(u,merge(++(x,y),v)) (4)

1.1 R is empty

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