(0) Obligation:

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

f(x, f(y, a)) → f(f(f(f(a, x), y), a), h(a))

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:

f(x, f(y, a)) → f(f(f(f(a, x), y), a), h(a))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

(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, f(y, a)) → F(f(f(f(a, x), y), a), h(a))
F(x, f(y, a)) → F(f(f(a, x), y), a)
F(x, f(y, a)) → F(f(a, x), y)
F(x, f(y, a)) → F(a, x)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(x, f(y, a)) → f(f(f(f(a, x), y), a), h(a))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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(x, f(y, a)) → F(a, x)
F(x, f(y, a)) → F(f(a, x), y)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(x, f(y, a)) → f(f(f(f(a, x), y), a), h(a))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(7) ForwardInstantiation (EQUIVALENT transformation)

By forward instantiating [JAR06] the rule F(x, f(y, a)) → F(a, x) we obtained the following new rules [LPAR04]:

F(f(y_1, a), f(x1, a)) → F(a, f(y_1, a))

(8) Obligation:

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

F(x, f(y, a)) → F(f(a, x), y)
F(f(y_1, a), f(x1, a)) → F(a, f(y_1, a))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(x, f(y, a)) → f(f(f(f(a, x), y), a), h(a))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(9) ForwardInstantiation (EQUIVALENT transformation)

By forward instantiating [JAR06] the rule F(x, f(y, a)) → F(f(a, x), y) we obtained the following new rules [LPAR04]:

F(x0, f(f(y_1, a), a)) → F(f(a, x0), f(y_1, a))
F(a, f(f(y_1, a), a)) → F(f(a, a), f(y_1, a))

(10) Obligation:

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

F(f(y_1, a), f(x1, a)) → F(a, f(y_1, a))
F(x0, f(f(y_1, a), a)) → F(f(a, x0), f(y_1, a))
F(a, f(f(y_1, a), a)) → F(f(a, a), f(y_1, a))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(x, f(y, a)) → f(f(f(f(a, x), y), a), h(a))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(11) ForwardInstantiation (EQUIVALENT transformation)

By forward instantiating [JAR06] the rule F(f(y_1, a), f(x1, a)) → F(a, f(y_1, a)) we obtained the following new rules [LPAR04]:

F(f(f(y_1, a), a), f(x1, a)) → F(a, f(f(y_1, a), a))

(12) Obligation:

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

F(x0, f(f(y_1, a), a)) → F(f(a, x0), f(y_1, a))
F(a, f(f(y_1, a), a)) → F(f(a, a), f(y_1, a))
F(f(f(y_1, a), a), f(x1, a)) → F(a, f(f(y_1, a), a))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(x, f(y, a)) → f(f(f(f(a, x), y), a), h(a))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(13) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

The approximation of the Dependency Graph [LPAR04,FROCOS05,EDGSTAR] contains 1 SCC with 2 less nodes.

(14) Obligation:

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

F(x0, f(f(y_1, a), a)) → F(f(a, x0), f(y_1, a))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(x, f(y, a)) → f(f(f(f(a, x), y), a), h(a))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(15) 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(x0, f(f(y_1, a), a)) → F(f(a, x0), f(y_1, a))
    The graph contains the following edges 2 > 2

(16) TRUE