Termination w.r.t. Q of the following Term Rewriting System could not be shown:

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

is_empty(nil) → true
is_empty(cons(x, l)) → false
hd(cons(x, l)) → x
tl(cons(x, l)) → cons(x, l)
append(l1, l2) → ifappend(l1, l2, is_empty(l1))
ifappend(l1, l2, true) → l2
ifappend(l1, l2, false) → cons(hd(l1), append(tl(l1), l2))

Q is empty.


↳ QTRS
  ↳ Overlay + Local Confluence

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

is_empty(nil) → true
is_empty(cons(x, l)) → false
hd(cons(x, l)) → x
tl(cons(x, l)) → cons(x, l)
append(l1, l2) → ifappend(l1, l2, is_empty(l1))
ifappend(l1, l2, true) → l2
ifappend(l1, l2, false) → cons(hd(l1), append(tl(l1), l2))

Q is empty.

The TRS is overlay and locally confluent. By [15] we can switch to innermost.

↳ QTRS
  ↳ Overlay + Local Confluence
    ↳ QTRS
      ↳ DependencyPairsProof

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

is_empty(nil) → true
is_empty(cons(x, l)) → false
hd(cons(x, l)) → x
tl(cons(x, l)) → cons(x, l)
append(l1, l2) → ifappend(l1, l2, is_empty(l1))
ifappend(l1, l2, true) → l2
ifappend(l1, l2, false) → cons(hd(l1), append(tl(l1), l2))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

is_empty(nil)
is_empty(cons(x0, x1))
hd(cons(x0, x1))
tl(cons(x0, x1))
append(x0, x1)
ifappend(x0, x1, true)
ifappend(x0, x1, false)


Using Dependency Pairs [1,13] we result in the following initial DP problem:
Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

IFAPPEND(l1, l2, false) → APPEND(tl(l1), l2)
IFAPPEND(l1, l2, false) → HD(l1)
APPEND(l1, l2) → IFAPPEND(l1, l2, is_empty(l1))
IFAPPEND(l1, l2, false) → TL(l1)
APPEND(l1, l2) → IS_EMPTY(l1)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

is_empty(nil) → true
is_empty(cons(x, l)) → false
hd(cons(x, l)) → x
tl(cons(x, l)) → cons(x, l)
append(l1, l2) → ifappend(l1, l2, is_empty(l1))
ifappend(l1, l2, true) → l2
ifappend(l1, l2, false) → cons(hd(l1), append(tl(l1), l2))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

is_empty(nil)
is_empty(cons(x0, x1))
hd(cons(x0, x1))
tl(cons(x0, x1))
append(x0, x1)
ifappend(x0, x1, true)
ifappend(x0, x1, false)

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

↳ QTRS
  ↳ Overlay + Local Confluence
    ↳ QTRS
      ↳ DependencyPairsProof
        ↳ QDP
          ↳ EdgeDeletionProof

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

IFAPPEND(l1, l2, false) → APPEND(tl(l1), l2)
IFAPPEND(l1, l2, false) → HD(l1)
APPEND(l1, l2) → IFAPPEND(l1, l2, is_empty(l1))
IFAPPEND(l1, l2, false) → TL(l1)
APPEND(l1, l2) → IS_EMPTY(l1)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

is_empty(nil) → true
is_empty(cons(x, l)) → false
hd(cons(x, l)) → x
tl(cons(x, l)) → cons(x, l)
append(l1, l2) → ifappend(l1, l2, is_empty(l1))
ifappend(l1, l2, true) → l2
ifappend(l1, l2, false) → cons(hd(l1), append(tl(l1), l2))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

is_empty(nil)
is_empty(cons(x0, x1))
hd(cons(x0, x1))
tl(cons(x0, x1))
append(x0, x1)
ifappend(x0, x1, true)
ifappend(x0, x1, false)

We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
We deleted some edges using various graph approximations

↳ QTRS
  ↳ Overlay + Local Confluence
    ↳ QTRS
      ↳ DependencyPairsProof
        ↳ QDP
          ↳ EdgeDeletionProof
            ↳ QDP
              ↳ DependencyGraphProof

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

IFAPPEND(l1, l2, false) → HD(l1)
IFAPPEND(l1, l2, false) → APPEND(tl(l1), l2)
APPEND(l1, l2) → IFAPPEND(l1, l2, is_empty(l1))
APPEND(l1, l2) → IS_EMPTY(l1)
IFAPPEND(l1, l2, false) → TL(l1)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

is_empty(nil) → true
is_empty(cons(x, l)) → false
hd(cons(x, l)) → x
tl(cons(x, l)) → cons(x, l)
append(l1, l2) → ifappend(l1, l2, is_empty(l1))
ifappend(l1, l2, true) → l2
ifappend(l1, l2, false) → cons(hd(l1), append(tl(l1), l2))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

is_empty(nil)
is_empty(cons(x0, x1))
hd(cons(x0, x1))
tl(cons(x0, x1))
append(x0, x1)
ifappend(x0, x1, true)
ifappend(x0, x1, false)

We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
The approximation of the Dependency Graph [13,14,18] contains 1 SCC with 3 less nodes.

↳ QTRS
  ↳ Overlay + Local Confluence
    ↳ QTRS
      ↳ DependencyPairsProof
        ↳ QDP
          ↳ EdgeDeletionProof
            ↳ QDP
              ↳ DependencyGraphProof
                ↳ QDP

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

IFAPPEND(l1, l2, false) → APPEND(tl(l1), l2)
APPEND(l1, l2) → IFAPPEND(l1, l2, is_empty(l1))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

is_empty(nil) → true
is_empty(cons(x, l)) → false
hd(cons(x, l)) → x
tl(cons(x, l)) → cons(x, l)
append(l1, l2) → ifappend(l1, l2, is_empty(l1))
ifappend(l1, l2, true) → l2
ifappend(l1, l2, false) → cons(hd(l1), append(tl(l1), l2))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

is_empty(nil)
is_empty(cons(x0, x1))
hd(cons(x0, x1))
tl(cons(x0, x1))
append(x0, x1)
ifappend(x0, x1, true)
ifappend(x0, x1, false)

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