YES Termination Proof

Termination Proof

by ttt2 (version ttt2 1.15)

Input

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

c(b(a(a(x0)))) a(a(b(c(x0))))
b(a(a(a(x0)))) a(a(a(b(x0))))
a(b(c(x0))) c(b(a(x0)))
c(c(b(b(x0)))) b(b(c(c(x0))))

Proof

1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over (4 x 4)-matrices with strict dimension 1 over the naturals
[b(x1)] =
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1
0 1 1 0
· x1 +
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
[a(x1)] =
1 1 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
· x1 +
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
[c(x1)] =
1 1 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 1 0 0
· x1 +
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
the rules
c(b(a(a(x0)))) a(a(b(c(x0))))
b(a(a(a(x0)))) a(a(a(b(x0))))
a(b(c(x0))) c(b(a(x0)))
remain.

1.1 String Reversal

Since only unary symbols occur, one can reverse all terms and obtains the TRS
a(a(b(c(x0)))) c(b(a(a(x0))))
a(a(a(b(x0)))) b(a(a(a(x0))))
c(b(a(x0))) a(b(c(x0)))

1.1.1 Rule Removal

Using the linear polynomial interpretation over the naturals
[b(x1)] = 1 · x1 + 1
[a(x1)] = 2 · x1 + 1
[c(x1)] = 4 · x1 + 3
the rule
a(a(b(c(x0)))) c(b(a(a(x0))))
remains.

1.1.1.1 Rule Removal

Using the Knuth Bendix order with w0 = 1 and the following precedence and weight function
prec(c) = 0 weight(c) = 1
prec(b) = 0 weight(b) = 1
prec(a) = 1 weight(a) = 0
all rules could be removed.

1.1.1.1.1 R is empty

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