(0) Obligation:

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

a(x1) → x1
a(x1) → b(c(x1))
c(b(b(b(x1)))) → b(a(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:
c b b b b b b b b bb b c b b b b b b b b b c c

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

(2) NO