Certification Problem

Input (COPS 1117)

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

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

and S contains the following rules:

a → b (4)
a → f(a,a) (5)
f(x,a) → a (6)

The underlying signature is as follows:

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

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