(0) Obligation:

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

f(a, f(a, x)) → f(x, f(a, f(f(a, a), a)))

Q is empty.

(1) DependencyPairsProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

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

(2) Obligation:

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

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

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(a, f(a, x)) → f(x, f(a, f(f(a, a), a)))

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

(3) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

The approximation of the Dependency Graph [LPAR04,FROCOS05,EDGSTAR] contains 1 SCC with 3 less nodes.

(4) Obligation:

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

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

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

f(a, f(a, x)) → f(x, f(a, f(f(a, a), a)))

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