YES Termination w.r.t. Q proof of Zantema_05_z08.ari

(0) Obligation:

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

f(a, f(b, f(a, x))) → f(a, f(b, f(b, f(a, x))))
f(b, f(b, f(b, x))) → f(b, f(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:

F(a, f(b, f(a, x))) → F(a, f(b, f(b, f(a, x))))
F(a, f(b, f(a, x))) → F(b, f(b, f(a, x)))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(a, f(b, f(a, x))) → f(a, f(b, f(b, f(a, x))))
f(b, f(b, f(b, x))) → f(b, f(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:

F(a, f(b, f(a, x))) → F(a, f(b, f(b, f(a, x))))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(a, f(b, f(a, x))) → f(a, f(b, f(b, f(a, x))))
f(b, f(b, f(b, x))) → f(b, f(b, x))

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

(5) UsableRulesReductionPairsProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

First, we A-transformed [FROCOS05] the QDP-Problem. Then we obtain the following A-transformed DP problem.
The pairs P are:

a1(b(a(x))) → a1(b(b(a(x))))

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

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

Q is empty.

By using the usable rules with reduction pair processor [LPAR04] with a polynomial ordering [POLO], all dependency pairs and the corresponding usable rules [FROCOS05] can be oriented non-strictly. All non-usable rules are removed, and those dependency pairs and usable rules that have been oriented strictly or contain non-usable symbols in their left-hand side are removed as well.

No dependency pairs are removed.

The following rules are removed from R:

f(a, f(b, f(a, x))) → f(a, f(b, f(b, f(a, x))))
f(b, f(b, f(b, x))) → f(b, f(b, x))
Used ordering: POLO with Polynomial interpretation [POLO]:

POL(a(x1)) = x1   
POL(a1(x1)) = 2·x1   
POL(b(x1)) = x1   

(6) Obligation:

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

a1(b(a(x))) → a1(b(b(a(x))))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

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

(7) RFCMatchBoundsDPProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

Finiteness of the DP problem can be shown by a matchbound of 1.
As the DP problem is minimal we only have to initialize the certificate graph by the rules of P:

a1(b(a(x))) → a1(b(b(a(x))))

To find matches we regarded all rules of R and P:

a(b(a(x))) → a(b(b(a(x))))
b(b(b(x))) → b(b(x))
a1(b(a(x))) → a1(b(b(a(x))))

The certificate found is represented by the following graph.

The certificate consists of the following enumerated nodes:

28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35

Node 28 is start node and node 29 is final node.

Those nodes are connected through the following edges:

  • 28 to 30 labelled a1_1(0)
  • 29 to 29 labelled #_1(0)
  • 30 to 31 labelled b_1(0)
  • 31 to 32 labelled b_1(0)
  • 32 to 29 labelled a_1(0)
  • 32 to 33 labelled a_1(1)
  • 33 to 34 labelled b_1(1)
  • 34 to 35 labelled b_1(1)
  • 35 to 29 labelled a_1(1)
  • 35 to 33 labelled a_1(1)

(8) YES