Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Standard/SK90/2.08)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

+(a,b) +(b,a) (1)
+(a,+(b,z)) +(b,+(a,z)) (2)
+(+(x,y),z) +(x,+(y,z)) (3)
f(a,y) a (4)
f(b,y) b (5)
f(+(x,y),z) +(f(x,z),f(y,z)) (6)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ttt2 @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

Using the Weighted Path Order with the following precedence and status
prec(f) = 3 status(f) = [1, 2] list-extension(f) = Lex
prec(+) = 1 status(+) = [1, 2] list-extension(+) = Lex
prec(b) = 0 status(b) = [] list-extension(b) = Lex
prec(a) = 0 status(a) = [] list-extension(a) = Lex
and the following Max-polynomial interpretation
[f(x1, x2)] = max(4, 2 + 1 · x1, 0 + 1 · x2)
[+(x1, x2)] = max(4, 0 + 1 · x1, 0 + 1 · x2)
[b] = max(0)
[a] = 6
all of the following rules can be deleted.
+(a,b) +(b,a) (1)
+(a,+(b,z)) +(b,+(a,z)) (2)
+(+(x,y),z) +(x,+(y,z)) (3)
f(a,y) a (4)
f(b,y) b (5)
f(+(x,y),z) +(f(x,z),f(y,z)) (6)

1.1 R is empty

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