(0) Obligation:

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

is_empty(nil) → true
is_empty(cons(x, l)) → false
hd(cons(x, l)) → x
tl(cons(x, l)) → l
append(l1, l2) → ifappend(l1, l2, l1)
ifappend(l1, l2, nil) → l2
ifappend(l1, l2, cons(x, l)) → cons(x, append(l, l2))

Q is empty.