Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Relative/Waldmann_19/random-137)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(c(a(x1))) → b(a(c(x1))) (1)
a(c(c(x1))) → a(b(b(x1))) (2)
c(a(a(x1))) → a(a(a(x1))) (3)
b(c(c(x1))) → a(c(a(x1))) (4)
b(a(a(x1))) → b(c(b(x1))) (5)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by ttt2 @ termCOMP 2023)

1 String Reversal

Since only unary symbols occur, one can reverse all terms and obtains the TRS
a(c(a(x1))) → c(a(b(x1))) (6)
c(c(a(x1))) → b(b(a(x1))) (7)
a(a(c(x1))) → a(a(a(x1))) (8)
c(c(b(x1))) → a(c(a(x1))) (9)
a(a(b(x1))) → b(c(b(x1))) (10)

1.1 Rule Removal

Using the Knuth Bendix order with w0 = 1 and the following precedence and weight functions
prec(b) = 0 weight(b) = 3
prec(c) = 3 weight(c) = 5
prec(a) = 2 weight(a) = 4
all of the following rules can be deleted.
a(c(a(x1))) → c(a(b(x1))) (6)
c(c(a(x1))) → b(b(a(x1))) (7)
a(a(c(x1))) → a(a(a(x1))) (8)
c(c(b(x1))) → a(c(a(x1))) (9)
a(a(b(x1))) → b(c(b(x1))) (10)

1.1.1 R is empty

There are no rules in the TRS. Hence, it is terminating.