YES(?,O(n^3)) Problem: a(b(a(x1))) -> a(a(b(b(a(a(x1)))))) b(a(a(b(x1)))) -> b(a(b(x1))) Proof: Matrix Interpretation Processor: dimension: 3 interpretation: [1 0 1] [1] [b](x0) = [0 0 1]x0 + [0] [0 0 0] [0], [1 4 1] [0] [a](x0) = [0 0 0]x0 + [0] [0 0 0] [1] orientation: [1 4 1] [6] [1 4 1] [5] a(b(a(x1))) = [0 0 0]x1 + [0] >= [0 0 0]x1 + [0] = a(a(b(b(a(a(x1)))))) [0 0 0] [1] [0 0 0] [1] [1 0 5] [4] [1 0 5] [3] b(a(a(b(x1)))) = [0 0 0]x1 + [1] >= [0 0 0]x1 + [1] = b(a(b(x1))) [0 0 0] [0] [0 0 0] [0] problem: Qed