Termination w.r.t. Q of the following Term Rewriting System could be proven:

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

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

Q is empty.


QTRS
  ↳ DependencyPairsProof
  ↳ QTRS Reverse
  ↳ QTRS Reverse

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

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

Q is empty.

Using Dependency Pairs [1,15] we result in the following initial DP problem:
Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

B(a(b(x1))) → A(x1)
A(a(x1)) → A(b(a(x1)))
B(a(b(x1))) → A(c(a(x1)))
A(a(x1)) → B(a(x1))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

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

↳ QTRS
  ↳ DependencyPairsProof
QDP
      ↳ DependencyGraphProof
  ↳ QTRS Reverse
  ↳ QTRS Reverse

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

B(a(b(x1))) → A(x1)
A(a(x1)) → A(b(a(x1)))
B(a(b(x1))) → A(c(a(x1)))
A(a(x1)) → B(a(x1))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
The approximation of the Dependency Graph [15,17,22] contains 1 SCC with 1 less node.

↳ QTRS
  ↳ DependencyPairsProof
    ↳ QDP
      ↳ DependencyGraphProof
QDP
          ↳ QDPOrderProof
  ↳ QTRS Reverse
  ↳ QTRS Reverse

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

B(a(b(x1))) → A(x1)
A(a(x1)) → A(b(a(x1)))
A(a(x1)) → B(a(x1))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
We use the reduction pair processor [15].


The following pairs can be oriented strictly and are deleted.


B(a(b(x1))) → A(x1)
The remaining pairs can at least be oriented weakly.

A(a(x1)) → A(b(a(x1)))
A(a(x1)) → B(a(x1))
Used ordering: Polynomial Order [21,25] with Interpretation:

POL( A(x1) ) = x1 + 1


POL( c(x1) ) = max{0, -1}


POL( b(x1) ) = x1


POL( B(x1) ) = x1 + 1


POL( a(x1) ) = x1 + 1



The following usable rules [17] were oriented:

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



↳ QTRS
  ↳ DependencyPairsProof
    ↳ QDP
      ↳ DependencyGraphProof
        ↳ QDP
          ↳ QDPOrderProof
QDP
              ↳ DependencyGraphProof
  ↳ QTRS Reverse
  ↳ QTRS Reverse

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

A(a(x1)) → A(b(a(x1)))
A(a(x1)) → B(a(x1))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
The approximation of the Dependency Graph [15,17,22] contains 1 SCC with 1 less node.

↳ QTRS
  ↳ DependencyPairsProof
    ↳ QDP
      ↳ DependencyGraphProof
        ↳ QDP
          ↳ QDPOrderProof
            ↳ QDP
              ↳ DependencyGraphProof
QDP
                  ↳ RFCMatchBoundsDPProof
  ↳ QTRS Reverse
  ↳ QTRS Reverse

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

A(a(x1)) → A(b(a(x1)))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
Finiteness of the DP problem can be shown by a matchbound of 5.
As the DP problem is minimal we only have to initialize the certificate graph by the rules of P:

A(a(x1)) → A(b(a(x1)))

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

a(a(x1)) → a(b(a(x1)))
b(a(b(x1))) → a(c(a(x1)))
A(a(x1)) → A(b(a(x1)))

The certificate found is represented by the following graph.

The certificate consists of the following enumerated nodes:

180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201, 200, 203, 202, 204, 205, 207, 206

Node 180 is start node and node 181 is final node.

Those nodes are connect through the following edges:



We have reversed the following QTRS:
The set of rules R is

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

The set Q is empty.
We have obtained the following QTRS:

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

The set Q is empty.

↳ QTRS
  ↳ DependencyPairsProof
  ↳ QTRS Reverse
QTRS
  ↳ QTRS Reverse

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

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

Q is empty.

We have reversed the following QTRS:
The set of rules R is

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

The set Q is empty.
We have obtained the following QTRS:

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

The set Q is empty.

↳ QTRS
  ↳ DependencyPairsProof
  ↳ QTRS Reverse
  ↳ QTRS Reverse
QTRS

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

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

Q is empty.