Certification Problem

Input (COPS 363)

The rewrite relation of the following conditional TRS is considered.

f(x) → y | a ≈ h(y)
g(x,b) → g(f(c),x) | f(b) ≈ x, x ≈ c
a → h(b)
a → h(c)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove confluence.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by ConCon @ CoCo 2020)

1 Non-Joinable Fork

The system is not confluent due to the following forking derivations.
a →* h(b)
a →* h(c)
The two resulting terms cannot be joined for the following reason: