YES(?,O(n^3)) Problem: b(x,y) -> c(a(c(y),a(0(),x))) a(y,x) -> y a(y,c(b(a(0(),x),0()))) -> b(a(c(b(0(),y)),x),0()) Proof: RT Transformation Processor: strict: b(x,y) -> c(a(c(y),a(0(),x))) a(y,x) -> y a(y,c(b(a(0(),x),0()))) -> b(a(c(b(0(),y)),x),0()) weak: Matrix Interpretation Processor: dimension: 1 interpretation: [a](x0, x1) = x0 + x1 + 1, [0] = 16, [c](x0) = x0 + 3, [b](x0, x1) = x0 + x1 orientation: b(x,y) = x + y >= x + y + 24 = c(a(c(y),a(0(),x))) a(y,x) = x + y + 1 >= y = y a(y,c(b(a(0(),x),0()))) = x + y + 37 >= x + y + 36 = b(a(c(b(0(),y)),x),0()) problem: strict: b(x,y) -> c(a(c(y),a(0(),x))) weak: a(y,x) -> y a(y,c(b(a(0(),x),0()))) -> b(a(c(b(0(),y)),x),0()) Matrix Interpretation Processor: dimension: 3 interpretation: [1 0 0] [1 0 0] [0] [a](x0, x1) = [0 1 2]x0 + [0 0 0]x1 + [0] [0 0 1] [0 0 0] [4], [0] [0] = [0] [4], [1 0 0] [c](x0) = [0 0 0]x0 [0 0 0] , [1 1 0] [1 0 0] [1] [b](x0, x1) = [0 0 0]x0 + [0 0 0]x1 + [0] [0 0 1] [0 0 0] [0] orientation: [1 1 0] [1 0 0] [1] [1 0 0] [1 0 0] b(x,y) = [0 0 0]x + [0 0 0]y + [0] >= [0 0 0]x + [0 0 0]y = c(a(c(y),a(0(),x))) [0 0 1] [0 0 0] [0] [0 0 0] [0 0 0] [1 0 0] [1 0 0] [0] a(y,x) = [0 0 0]x + [0 1 2]y + [0] >= y = y [0 0 0] [0 0 1] [4] [1 0 0] [1 0 0] [9] [1 0 0] [1 0 0] [2] a(y,c(b(a(0(),x),0()))) = [0 0 0]x + [0 1 2]y + [0] >= [0 0 0]x + [0 0 0]y + [0] = b(a(c(b(0(),y)),x),0()) [0 0 0] [0 0 1] [4] [0 0 0] [0 0 0] [4] problem: strict: weak: b(x,y) -> c(a(c(y),a(0(),x))) a(y,x) -> y a(y,c(b(a(0(),x),0()))) -> b(a(c(b(0(),y)),x),0()) Qed