Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Standard/Secret_05_TRS/matchbox2)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

f(f(x,a),y) f(f(a,y),f(a,x)) (1)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ttt2 @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Bounds

The given TRS is match-(raise)-bounded by 1. This is shown by the following automaton. The automaton is closed under rewriting as it is compatible.