(0) Obligation:

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

a(x1) → x1
a(a(b(x1))) → b(a(b(a(x1))))
b(b(b(x1))) → a(x1)

Q is empty.

(1) NonTerminationProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

We used the non-termination processor [OPPELT08] to show that the SRS problem is infinite.

Found the self-embedding DerivationStructure:
a a b a b a b a b a b a ba a b a b a b a b a b a b a

a a b a b a b a b a b a ba a b a b a b a b a b a b a
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a a b a b a b a b a ba a b a b a b a b a a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a a b a b a b a b a ba a b a b a a a b a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a a b a b a b a b a ba a a a b a a b a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a a b a b a b a b a ba a b b b a b a a b a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a a b a b a b a b a ba a b b a a b a b a
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a a b a b a b a ba a b b a a a
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a a b a ba a b a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a a b a bb b b a b a
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a a bb b a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a a bb a b a
by original rule (OC 1)
a
by original rule (OC 1)
a a bb a b a
by original rule (OC 1)
b b ba
by original rule (OC 1)
a a b a bb a a a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a a b a bb a b b b a
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a a bb a b a
by original rule (OC 1)
a a bb b a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a a bb a b a
by original rule (OC 1)
a
by original rule (OC 1)
b b ba
by original rule (OC 1)
a a bb a b a
by original rule (OC 1)
a a bb a b a
by original rule (OC 1)
b b ba
by original rule (OC 1)
a a bb a b a
by original rule (OC 1)
a a bb a b a
by original rule (OC 1)
a a bb a b a
by original rule (OC 1)

(2) NO