(0) Obligation:

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

a(x1) → x1
a(b(x1)) → c(a(x1))
c(c(x1)) → b(b(c(b(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 b b b c b b b cb b c b c b b c b a b b b c b b b c b

a b b b c b b b cb b c b c b b c b a b b b c b b b c b
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a b b b c b b b cb b c b c b b c b a b b b c b a b b c b
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a b b b cb b c b c b b c b a b a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a b b b cb b c b c c c b a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a b b b cb b c b c a b c b a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a b b b cb b c b a b b c b a
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a b bb b c b a a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a b bc c a
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a bc a
by original rule (OC 1)
a bc a
by original rule (OC 1)
c cb b c b a
by original rule (OC 1)
a b cb b c b a
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a bc
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a bc a
by original rule (OC 1)
a
by original rule (OC 1)
c cb b c b a
by original rule (OC 1)
a bc a
by original rule (OC 1)
a bc
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a bc a
by original rule (OC 1)
a
by original rule (OC 1)
c cb b c b a
by original rule (OC 1)
a b b b cb b c b a b b c b
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a b bb b c b a a
by OverlapClosure OC 3
a b bc c a
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a bc a
by original rule (OC 1)
a bc a
by original rule (OC 1)
c cb b c b a
by original rule (OC 1)
a b cb b c b
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a bc
by OverlapClosure OC 2
a bc a
by original rule (OC 1)
a
by original rule (OC 1)
c cb b c b
by OverlapClosure OC 2
c cb b c b a
by original rule (OC 1)
a
by original rule (OC 1)
a
by original rule (OC 1)

(2) NO