Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_19/random-87)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(a(b(a(x1)))) → a(b(a(a(x1)))) (1)
b(a(b(b(x1)))) → b(b(a(b(x1)))) (2)
a(b(a(b(x1)))) → a(b(b(b(x1)))) (3)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

Yes.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Semantic Labeling

Root-labeling is applied.

We obtain the labeled TRS
aa(ab(ba(aa(x1)))) → ab(ba(aa(aa(x1)))) (4)
aa(ab(ba(ab(x1)))) → ab(ba(aa(ab(x1)))) (5)
ba(ab(bb(ba(x1)))) → bb(ba(ab(ba(x1)))) (6)
ba(ab(bb(bb(x1)))) → bb(ba(ab(bb(x1)))) (7)
ab(ba(ab(ba(x1)))) → ab(bb(bb(ba(x1)))) (8)
ab(ba(ab(bb(x1)))) → ab(bb(bb(bb(x1)))) (9)

1.1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over the naturals
[aa(x1)] = 1 · x1
[ab(x1)] = 1 · x1
[ba(x1)] = 1 · x1 + 1
[bb(x1)] = 1 · x1
all of the following rules can be deleted.
ab(ba(ab(ba(x1)))) → ab(bb(bb(ba(x1)))) (8)
ab(ba(ab(bb(x1)))) → ab(bb(bb(bb(x1)))) (9)

1.1.1 Dependency Pair Transformation

The following set of initial dependency pairs has been identified.
aa#(ab(ba(aa(x1)))) → ba#(aa(aa(x1))) (10)
aa#(ab(ba(aa(x1)))) → aa#(aa(x1)) (11)
aa#(ab(ba(ab(x1)))) → ba#(aa(ab(x1))) (12)
aa#(ab(ba(ab(x1)))) → aa#(ab(x1)) (13)
ba#(ab(bb(ba(x1)))) → ba#(ab(ba(x1))) (14)
ba#(ab(bb(bb(x1)))) → ba#(ab(bb(x1))) (15)

1.1.1.1 Dependency Graph Processor

The dependency pairs are split into 2 components.