(0) Obligation:

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

max(L(x)) → x
max(N(L(0), L(y))) → y
max(N(L(s(x)), L(s(y)))) → s(max(N(L(x), L(y))))
max(N(L(x), N(y, z))) → max(N(L(x), L(max(N(y, z)))))

Q is empty.

(1) QTRSRRRProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

Used ordering:
Polynomial interpretation [POLO]:

POL(0) = 0   
POL(L(x1)) = x1   
POL(N(x1, x2)) = 1 + x1 + x2   
POL(max(x1)) = x1   
POL(s(x1)) = 1 + x1   
With this ordering the following rules can be removed by the rule removal processor [LPAR04] because they are oriented strictly:

max(N(L(0), L(y))) → y
max(N(L(s(x)), L(s(y)))) → s(max(N(L(x), L(y))))


(2) Obligation:

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

max(L(x)) → x
max(N(L(x), N(y, z))) → max(N(L(x), L(max(N(y, z)))))

Q is empty.

(3) Overlay + Local Confluence (EQUIVALENT transformation)

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

(4) Obligation:

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

max(L(x)) → x
max(N(L(x), N(y, z))) → max(N(L(x), L(max(N(y, z)))))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

max(L(x0))
max(N(L(x0), N(x1, x2)))

(5) DependencyPairsProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

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

(6) Obligation:

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

MAX(N(L(x), N(y, z))) → MAX(N(L(x), L(max(N(y, z)))))
MAX(N(L(x), N(y, z))) → MAX(N(y, z))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

max(L(x)) → x
max(N(L(x), N(y, z))) → max(N(L(x), L(max(N(y, z)))))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

max(L(x0))
max(N(L(x0), N(x1, x2)))

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

(7) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

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

(8) Obligation:

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

MAX(N(L(x), N(y, z))) → MAX(N(y, z))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

max(L(x)) → x
max(N(L(x), N(y, z))) → max(N(L(x), L(max(N(y, z)))))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

max(L(x0))
max(N(L(x0), N(x1, x2)))

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

(9) 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.

(10) Obligation:

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

MAX(N(L(x), N(y, z))) → MAX(N(y, z))

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

max(L(x0))
max(N(L(x0), N(x1, x2)))

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

(11) 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].

max(L(x0))
max(N(L(x0), N(x1, x2)))

(12) Obligation:

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

MAX(N(L(x), N(y, z))) → MAX(N(y, z))

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

(13) 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:

  • MAX(N(L(x), N(y, z))) → MAX(N(y, z))
    The graph contains the following edges 1 > 1

(14) TRUE