Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Mixed_SRS/03)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(a(a(b(x1)))) → b(b(x1)) (1)
b(b(x1)) → a(b(a(a(x1)))) (2)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 String Reversal

Since only unary symbols occur, one can reverse all terms and obtains the TRS
b(a(a(a(x1)))) → b(b(x1)) (3)
b(b(x1)) → a(a(b(a(x1)))) (4)

1.1 Dependency Pair Transformation

The following set of initial dependency pairs has been identified.
b#(a(a(a(x1)))) → b#(b(x1)) (5)
b#(a(a(a(x1)))) → b#(x1) (6)
b#(b(x1)) → b#(a(x1)) (7)

1.1.1 Monotonic Reduction Pair Processor

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over the naturals
[b(x1)] = 3 + 1 · x1
[a(x1)] = 1 + 1 · x1
[b#(x1)] = 1 · x1
the pairs
b#(a(a(a(x1)))) → b#(x1) (6)
b#(b(x1)) → b#(a(x1)) (7)
and no rules could be deleted.

1.1.1.1 Reduction Pair Processor

Using the matrix interpretations of dimension 3 with strict dimension 1 over the arctic semiring over the integers
[b#(x1)] =
-∞
-∞
-∞
+
0 0 -∞
-∞ -∞ -∞
-∞ -∞ -∞
· x1
[a(x1)] =
0
-1
-∞
+
-∞ 0 -∞
2 -∞ 0
-1 -∞ -∞
· x1
[b(x1)] =
-∞
-∞
1
+
0 -1 1
0 -1 1
2 1 -1
· x1
the pair
b#(a(a(a(x1)))) → b#(b(x1)) (5)
could be deleted.

1.1.1.1.1 P is empty

There are no pairs anymore.