Termination w.r.t. Q of the given QTRS could be proven:

(0) Obligation:

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

perfectp(0) → false
perfectp(s(x)) → f(x, s(0), s(x), s(x))
f(0, y, 0, u) → true
f(0, y, s(z), u) → false
f(s(x), 0, z, u) → f(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
f(s(x), s(y), z, u) → if(le(x, y), f(s(x), minus(y, x), z, u), f(x, u, z, u))

Q is empty.

(1) Overlay + Local Confluence (EQUIVALENT transformation)

The TRS is overlay and locally confluent. By [NOC] we can switch to innermost.

(2) Obligation:

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

perfectp(0) → false
perfectp(s(x)) → f(x, s(0), s(x), s(x))
f(0, y, 0, u) → true
f(0, y, s(z), u) → false
f(s(x), 0, z, u) → f(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
f(s(x), s(y), z, u) → if(le(x, y), f(s(x), minus(y, x), z, u), f(x, u, z, u))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

perfectp(0)
perfectp(s(x0))
f(0, x0, 0, x1)
f(0, x0, s(x1), x2)
f(s(x0), 0, x1, x2)
f(s(x0), s(x1), x2, x3)

(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:

PERFECTP(s(x)) → F(x, s(0), s(x), s(x))
F(s(x), 0, z, u) → F(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
F(s(x), s(y), z, u) → F(s(x), minus(y, x), z, u)
F(s(x), s(y), z, u) → F(x, u, z, u)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

perfectp(0) → false
perfectp(s(x)) → f(x, s(0), s(x), s(x))
f(0, y, 0, u) → true
f(0, y, s(z), u) → false
f(s(x), 0, z, u) → f(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
f(s(x), s(y), z, u) → if(le(x, y), f(s(x), minus(y, x), z, u), f(x, u, z, u))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

perfectp(0)
perfectp(s(x0))
f(0, x0, 0, x1)
f(0, x0, s(x1), x2)
f(s(x0), 0, x1, x2)
f(s(x0), s(x1), x2, x3)

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 2 less nodes.

(6) Obligation:

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

F(s(x), s(y), z, u) → F(x, u, z, u)
F(s(x), 0, z, u) → F(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

perfectp(0) → false
perfectp(s(x)) → f(x, s(0), s(x), s(x))
f(0, y, 0, u) → true
f(0, y, s(z), u) → false
f(s(x), 0, z, u) → f(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
f(s(x), s(y), z, u) → if(le(x, y), f(s(x), minus(y, x), z, u), f(x, u, z, u))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

perfectp(0)
perfectp(s(x0))
f(0, x0, 0, x1)
f(0, x0, s(x1), x2)
f(s(x0), 0, x1, x2)
f(s(x0), s(x1), x2, x3)

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(s(x), s(y), z, u) → F(x, u, z, u)
F(s(x), 0, z, u) → F(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)

R is empty.
The set Q consists of the following terms:

perfectp(0)
perfectp(s(x0))
f(0, x0, 0, x1)
f(0, x0, s(x1), x2)
f(s(x0), 0, x1, x2)
f(s(x0), s(x1), x2, x3)

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].

perfectp(0)
perfectp(s(x0))
f(0, x0, 0, x1)
f(0, x0, s(x1), x2)
f(s(x0), 0, x1, x2)
f(s(x0), s(x1), x2, x3)

(10) Obligation:

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

F(s(x), s(y), z, u) → F(x, u, z, u)
F(s(x), 0, z, u) → F(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)

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

(11) QDPSizeChangeProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

By using the subterm criterion [SUBTERM_CRITERION] together with the size-change analysis [AAECC05] we have proven that there are no infinite chains for this DP problem.

From the DPs we obtained the following set of size-change graphs:

• F(s(x), s(y), z, u) → F(x, u, z, u)
  The graph contains the following edges 1 > 1, 4 >= 2, 3 >= 3, 4 >= 4

• F(s(x), 0, z, u) → F(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
  The graph contains the following edges 1 > 1, 4 >= 2, 4 >= 4

(12) TRUE