Certification Problem

Input (TPDB TRS_Standard/Strategy_removed_AG01/#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)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ttt2 @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over (3 x 3)-matrices with strict dimension 1 over the naturals
[s(x1)] =
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 1 1
· x1 +
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
[g(x1)] =
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
· x1 +
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
[f(x1)] =
1 1 1
1 0 0
1 0 0
· x1 +
0 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
[0] =
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
all of the following rules can be deleted.
f(f(x)) f(x) (1)

1.1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over (3 x 3)-matrices with strict dimension 1 over the naturals
[s(x1)] =
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 1 1
· x1 +
1 0 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
[g(x1)] =
1 1 0
0 0 0
1 1 0
· x1 +
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
[f(x1)] =
1 1 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
· x1 +
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
[0] =
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
all of the following rules can be deleted.
f(s(x)) f(x) (2)

1.1.1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over (5 x 5)-matrices with strict dimension 1 over the naturals
[s(x1)] =
1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1
· x1 +
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
[g(x1)] =
1 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
· x1 +
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
[f(x1)] =
1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
· x1 +
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
[0] =
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
all of the following rules can be deleted.
g(s(0)) g(f(s(0))) (3)

1.1.1.1 R is empty

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