(0) Obligation:

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

f(x, x) → f(a, b)
bc

Q is empty.

(1) AAECC Innermost (EQUIVALENT transformation)

We have applied [NOC,AAECCNOC] to switch to innermost. The TRS R 1 is

bc

The TRS R 2 is

f(x, x) → f(a, b)

The signature Sigma is {f}

(2) Obligation:

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

f(x, x) → f(a, b)
bc

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, x0)
b

(3) DependencyPairsProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

Using Dependency Pairs [AG00,LPAR04] we result in the following initial DP problem.

(4) Obligation:

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

F(x, x) → F(a, b)
F(x, x) → B

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(x, x) → f(a, b)
bc

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, x0)
b

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

(5) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

The approximation of the Dependency Graph [LPAR04,FROCOS05,EDGSTAR] contains 1 SCC with 1 less node.

(6) Obligation:

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

F(x, x) → F(a, b)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(x, x) → f(a, b)
bc

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, x0)
b

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

(7) UsableRulesProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

As all Q-normal forms are R-normal forms we are in the innermost case. Hence, by the usable rules processor [LPAR04] we can delete all non-usable rules [FROCOS05] from R.

(8) Obligation:

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

F(x, x) → F(a, b)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

bc

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, x0)
b

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

(9) QReductionProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

We deleted the following terms from Q as each root-symbol of these terms does neither occur in P nor in R.[THIEMANN].

f(x0, x0)

(10) Obligation:

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

F(x, x) → F(a, b)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

bc

The set Q consists of the following terms:

b

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

(11) Rewriting (EQUIVALENT transformation)

By rewriting [LPAR04] the rule F(x, x) → F(a, b) at position [1] we obtained the following new rules [LPAR04]:

F(x, x) → F(a, c)

(12) Obligation:

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

F(x, x) → F(a, c)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

bc

The set Q consists of the following terms:

b

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

(13) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

The approximation of the Dependency Graph [LPAR04,FROCOS05,EDGSTAR] contains 0 SCCs with 1 less node.

(14) TRUE