(0) Obligation:

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

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

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, a), y), h(a)), x)

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

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

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

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(7) Instantiation (EQUIVALENT transformation)

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

F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)
F(f(y_0, h(a)), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)

(8) Obligation:

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

F(x, f(y, a)) → F(f(f(f(a, a), y), h(a)), x)
F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)
F(f(y_0, h(a)), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(9) Instantiation (EQUIVALENT transformation)

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

F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)
F(f(y_0, h(a)), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)

(10) Obligation:

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

F(x, f(y, a)) → F(f(f(f(a, a), y), h(a)), x)
F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)
F(f(y_0, h(a)), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(11) Instantiation (EQUIVALENT transformation)

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

F(f(y_0, h(a)), f(x1, a)) → F(f(f(f(a, a), x1), h(a)), f(y_0, h(a)))
F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(f(f(a, a), x1), h(a)), f(a, a))

(12) Obligation:

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

F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)
F(f(y_0, h(a)), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)
F(f(y_0, h(a)), f(x1, a)) → F(f(f(f(a, a), x1), h(a)), f(y_0, h(a)))
F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(f(f(a, a), x1), h(a)), f(a, a))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

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 1 less node.

(14) Obligation:

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

F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)
F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(f(f(a, a), x1), h(a)), f(a, a))
F(f(y_0, h(a)), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(15) Instantiation (EQUIVALENT transformation)

By instantiating [LPAR04] the rule F(f(y_0, h(a)), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1) we obtained the following new rules [LPAR04]:

F(f(y_0, h(a)), f(a, a)) → F(f(a, a), a)

(16) Obligation:

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

F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)
F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(f(f(a, a), x1), h(a)), f(a, a))
F(f(y_0, h(a)), f(a, a)) → F(f(a, a), a)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(17) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

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

(18) Obligation:

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

F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

The set Q consists of the following terms:

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(19) 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.

(20) Obligation:

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

F(f(a, a), f(x1, a)) → F(f(a, a), x1)

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

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(21) ForwardInstantiation (EQUIVALENT transformation)

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

F(f(a, a), f(f(y_0, a), a)) → F(f(a, a), f(y_0, a))

(22) Obligation:

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

F(f(a, a), f(f(y_0, a), a)) → F(f(a, a), f(y_0, a))

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

f(x0, f(x1, a))

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

(23) 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(f(a, a), f(f(y_0, a), a)) → F(f(a, a), f(y_0, a))
    The graph contains the following edges 1 >= 1, 2 > 2

(24) TRUE