YES Termination w.r.t. Q proof of /home/cern_httpd/provide/research/cycsrs/tpdb/TPDB-d9b80194f163/SRS_Standard/Zantema_04/z015.srs

(0) Obligation:

Q restricted rewrite system:
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

a(b(x)) → b(a(a(a(x))))
b(a(x)) → a(a(x))
a(a(x)) → a(c(b(x)))

Q is empty.

(1) DependencyPairsProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

Using Dependency Pairs [AG00,LPAR04] we result in the following initial DP problem.

(2) Obligation:

Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

A(b(x)) → B(a(a(a(x))))
A(b(x)) → A(a(a(x)))
A(b(x)) → A(a(x))
A(b(x)) → A(x)
B(a(x)) → A(a(x))
A(a(x)) → A(c(b(x)))
A(a(x)) → B(x)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

a(b(x)) → b(a(a(a(x))))
b(a(x)) → a(a(x))
a(a(x)) → a(c(b(x)))

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.

(3) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

The approximation of the Dependency Graph [LPAR04,FROCOS05,EDGSTAR] contains 1 SCC with 1 less node.

(4) Obligation:

Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

B(a(x)) → A(a(x))
A(b(x)) → B(a(a(a(x))))
A(b(x)) → A(a(a(x)))
A(b(x)) → A(a(x))
A(b(x)) → A(x)
A(a(x)) → B(x)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

a(b(x)) → b(a(a(a(x))))
b(a(x)) → a(a(x))
a(a(x)) → a(c(b(x)))

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.

(5) QDPOrderProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

We use the reduction pair processor [LPAR04,JAR06].


The following pairs can be oriented strictly and are deleted.


A(b(x)) → B(a(a(a(x))))
A(b(x)) → A(a(a(x)))
A(b(x)) → A(a(x))
A(b(x)) → A(x)
The remaining pairs can at least be oriented weakly.
Used ordering: Polynomial interpretation [POLO]:

POL(A(x1)) = x1   
POL(B(x1)) = x1   
POL(a(x1)) = x1   
POL(b(x1)) = 1 + x1   
POL(c(x1)) = 0   

The following usable rules [FROCOS05] with respect to the argument filtering of the ordering [JAR06] were oriented:

b(a(x)) → a(a(x))
a(b(x)) → b(a(a(a(x))))
a(a(x)) → a(c(b(x)))

(6) Obligation:

Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

B(a(x)) → A(a(x))
A(a(x)) → B(x)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

a(b(x)) → b(a(a(a(x))))
b(a(x)) → a(a(x))
a(a(x)) → a(c(b(x)))

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.

(7) QDPSizeChangeProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

By using the subterm criterion [SUBTERM_CRITERION] together with the size-change analysis [AAECC05] we have proven that there are no infinite chains for this DP problem.

From the DPs we obtained the following set of size-change graphs:

  • A(a(x)) → B(x)
    The graph contains the following edges 1 > 1

  • B(a(x)) → A(a(x))
    The graph contains the following edges 1 >= 1

(8) YES