Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1089)

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

b → h(b,c) (1)
c → a (2)
a → f(a) (3)
b → c (4)
b → b (5)

and S contains the following rules:

b → a (6)
f(h(b,f(a))) → f(c) (7)
c → h(c,c) (8)
h(f(f(b)),a) → c (9)
h(a,a) → a (10)

The underlying signature is as follows:

{a/0, b/0, c/0, f/1, h/2}

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 = c
→S h(c,c)
= s1
and
t0 = c
→R a
= t1
There is no possibility to join s1→R*·←S* t1 for the following reason: