Termination Proof using AProVE

Term Rewriting System R:
[x, y, z]
qsort(nil) -> nil
qsort(.(x, y)) -> ++(qsort(lowers(x, y)), .(x, qsort(greaters(x, y))))
lowers(x, nil) -> nil
lowers(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), .(y, lowers(x, z)), lowers(x, z))
greaters(x, nil) -> nil
greaters(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), greaters(x, z), .(y, greaters(x, z)))

Innermost Termination of R to be shown.

     ↳Dependency Pair Analysis

R contains the following Dependency Pairs:

QSORT(.(x, y)) -> QSORT(lowers(x, y))
QSORT(.(x, y)) -> LOWERS(x, y)
QSORT(.(x, y)) -> QSORT(greaters(x, y))
QSORT(.(x, y)) -> GREATERS(x, y)
LOWERS(x, .(y, z)) -> LOWERS(x, z)
GREATERS(x, .(y, z)) -> GREATERS(x, z)

Furthermore, R contains three SCCs.

     ↳DPs

       →DP Problem 1

         ↳Argument Filtering and Ordering

       →DP Problem 2

         ↳AFS

       →DP Problem 3

         ↳FwdInst

Dependency Pair:

LOWERS(x, .(y, z)) -> LOWERS(x, z)

Rules:

qsort(nil) -> nil
qsort(.(x, y)) -> ++(qsort(lowers(x, y)), .(x, qsort(greaters(x, y))))
lowers(x, nil) -> nil
lowers(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), .(y, lowers(x, z)), lowers(x, z))
greaters(x, nil) -> nil
greaters(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), greaters(x, z), .(y, greaters(x, z)))

Strategy:

innermost

The following dependency pair can be strictly oriented:

LOWERS(x, .(y, z)) -> LOWERS(x, z)

There are no usable rules for innermost w.r.t. to the AFS that need to be oriented.
Used ordering: Lexicographic Path Order with Non-Strict Precedence with Quasi Precedence:

trivial

resulting in one new DP problem.
Used Argument Filtering System:

LOWERS(x₁, x₂) -> LOWERS(x₁, x₂)
.(x₁, x₂) -> .(x₁, x₂)

     ↳DPs

       →DP Problem 1

         ↳AFS

           →DP Problem 4

             ↳Dependency Graph

       →DP Problem 2

         ↳AFS

       →DP Problem 3

         ↳FwdInst

Dependency Pair:

Rules:

qsort(nil) -> nil
qsort(.(x, y)) -> ++(qsort(lowers(x, y)), .(x, qsort(greaters(x, y))))
lowers(x, nil) -> nil
lowers(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), .(y, lowers(x, z)), lowers(x, z))
greaters(x, nil) -> nil
greaters(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), greaters(x, z), .(y, greaters(x, z)))

Strategy:

innermost

Using the Dependency Graph resulted in no new DP problems.

     ↳DPs

       →DP Problem 1

         ↳AFS

       →DP Problem 2

         ↳Argument Filtering and Ordering

       →DP Problem 3

         ↳FwdInst

Dependency Pair:

GREATERS(x, .(y, z)) -> GREATERS(x, z)

Rules:

qsort(nil) -> nil
qsort(.(x, y)) -> ++(qsort(lowers(x, y)), .(x, qsort(greaters(x, y))))
lowers(x, nil) -> nil
lowers(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), .(y, lowers(x, z)), lowers(x, z))
greaters(x, nil) -> nil
greaters(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), greaters(x, z), .(y, greaters(x, z)))

Strategy:

innermost

The following dependency pair can be strictly oriented:

GREATERS(x, .(y, z)) -> GREATERS(x, z)

There are no usable rules for innermost w.r.t. to the AFS that need to be oriented.
Used ordering: Lexicographic Path Order with Non-Strict Precedence with Quasi Precedence:

trivial

resulting in one new DP problem.
Used Argument Filtering System:

GREATERS(x₁, x₂) -> GREATERS(x₁, x₂)
.(x₁, x₂) -> .(x₁, x₂)

     ↳DPs

       →DP Problem 1

         ↳AFS

       →DP Problem 2

         ↳AFS

           →DP Problem 5

             ↳Dependency Graph

       →DP Problem 3

         ↳FwdInst

Dependency Pair:

Rules:

qsort(nil) -> nil
qsort(.(x, y)) -> ++(qsort(lowers(x, y)), .(x, qsort(greaters(x, y))))
lowers(x, nil) -> nil
lowers(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), .(y, lowers(x, z)), lowers(x, z))
greaters(x, nil) -> nil
greaters(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), greaters(x, z), .(y, greaters(x, z)))

Strategy:

innermost

Using the Dependency Graph resulted in no new DP problems.

     ↳DPs

       →DP Problem 1

         ↳AFS

       →DP Problem 2

         ↳AFS

       →DP Problem 3

         ↳Forward Instantiation Transformation

Dependency Pairs:

QSORT(.(x, y)) -> QSORT(greaters(x, y))
QSORT(.(x, y)) -> QSORT(lowers(x, y))

Rules:

qsort(nil) -> nil
qsort(.(x, y)) -> ++(qsort(lowers(x, y)), .(x, qsort(greaters(x, y))))
lowers(x, nil) -> nil
lowers(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), .(y, lowers(x, z)), lowers(x, z))
greaters(x, nil) -> nil
greaters(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), greaters(x, z), .(y, greaters(x, z)))

Strategy:

innermost

On this DP problem, a Forward Instantiation SCC transformation can be performed.
As a result of transforming the rule

QSORT(.(x, y)) -> QSORT(lowers(x, y))

no new Dependency Pairs are created.
The transformation is resulting in one new DP problem:

     ↳DPs

       →DP Problem 1

         ↳AFS

       →DP Problem 2

         ↳AFS

       →DP Problem 3

         ↳FwdInst

           →DP Problem 6

             ↳Narrowing Transformation

Dependency Pair:

QSORT(.(x, y)) -> QSORT(greaters(x, y))

Rules:

qsort(nil) -> nil
qsort(.(x, y)) -> ++(qsort(lowers(x, y)), .(x, qsort(greaters(x, y))))
lowers(x, nil) -> nil
lowers(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), .(y, lowers(x, z)), lowers(x, z))
greaters(x, nil) -> nil
greaters(x, .(y, z)) -> if(<=(y, x), greaters(x, z), .(y, greaters(x, z)))

Strategy:

innermost

On this DP problem, a Narrowing SCC transformation can be performed.
As a result of transforming the rule

QSORT(.(x, y)) -> QSORT(greaters(x, y))

two new Dependency Pairs are created:

QSORT(.(x'', nil)) -> QSORT(nil)
QSORT(.(x'', .(y'', z'))) -> QSORT(if(<=(y'', x''), greaters(x'', z'), .(y'', greaters(x'', z'))))

The transformation is resulting in no new DP problems.

Innermost Termination of R successfully shown.
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