Certification Problem

Input (COPS 381)

The rewrite relation of the following conditional TRS is considered.

a → c
a → d
b → c
b → d
c → e
c → k
d → k
f(x) → x | x ≈ e
g(x,x) → C | A ≈ B
h(x) → i(x,x)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove confluence.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by ConCon @ CoCo 2020)

1 Removal of Infeasible Rules

We may safely remove rules with infeasible conditions. They do not influence the rewrite relation in any way.

1.1 Rules with Infeasible Conditions

1.2 Non-Joinable Fork

The system is not confluent due to the following forking derivations.
c →* k
c →* e
The two resulting terms cannot be joined for the following reason: