Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1061)

We consider two TRSs R and S where R contains the rules

a1 → b1 (1)
a1 → c1 (2)
b1 → b2 (3)
c1 → c2 (4)
a2 → b2 (5)
a2 → c2 (6)
b2 → b3 (7)
c2 → c3 (8)
a3 → b3 (9)
a3 → c3 (10)
b3 → b4 (11)
c3 → c4 (12)
a4 → b4 (13)
a4 → c4 (14)
b4 → b5 (15)
c4 → c5 (16)
a5 → b5 (17)
a5 → c5 (18)
b5 → b6 (19)
c5 → c6 (20)
a6 → b6 (21)
a6 → c6 (22)
b6 → b7 (23)
c6 → b7 (24)
b7 → b1 (25)
b7 → c1 (26)

and S contains the following rules:

a1 → b1 (1)
a1 → c1 (2)
b1 → b2 (3)
c1 → c2 (4)
a2 → b2 (5)
a2 → c2 (6)
b2 → b3 (7)
c2 → c3 (8)
a3 → b3 (9)
a3 → c3 (10)
b3 → b4 (11)
c3 → c4 (12)
a4 → b4 (13)
a4 → c4 (14)
b4 → b5 (15)
c4 → c5 (16)
a5 → b5 (17)
a5 → c5 (18)
b5 → b6 (19)
c5 → c6 (20)
a6 → b6 (21)
a6 → c6 (22)
b6 → b7 (23)
c6 → c7 (27)
a7 → b7 (28)
a7 → c7 (29)
b7 → b8 (30)
c7 → c8 (31)
a8 → b8 (32)
a8 → c8 (33)
b8 → b9 (34)
c8 → c9 (35)
a9 → b9 (36)
a9 → c9 (37)
b9 → b10 (38)
c9 → c10 (39)
a10 → b11 (40)
b10 → b11 (41)
c10 → b11 (42)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{a1/0, a2/0, a3/0, a4/0, a5/0, a6/0, a7/0, a8/0, a9/0, b1/0, b2/0, b3/0, b4/0, b5/0, b6/0, b7/0, b8/0, b9/0, c1/0, c2/0, c3/0, c4/0, c5/0, c6/0, c7/0, c8/0, c9/0, a10/0, b10/0, b11/0, c10/0}

Property / Task

Prove or disprove commutation.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by ACP @ CoCo 2023)

1 Non-Joinable Fork

The systems are not commuting due to the following forking derivations.
t0 = c6
→S c7
= s1
and
t0 = c6
→R b7
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1→R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: