Termination w.r.t. Q of the following Term Rewriting System could be proven:

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

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

Q is empty.


QTRS
  ↳ DependencyPairsProof

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

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

Q is empty.

Using Dependency Pairs [1,15] we result in the following initial DP problem:
Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

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

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

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

↳ QTRS
  ↳ DependencyPairsProof
QDP
      ↳ DependencyGraphProof

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

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

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
The approximation of the Dependency Graph [15,17,22] contains 1 SCC with 1 less node.

↳ QTRS
  ↳ DependencyPairsProof
    ↳ QDP
      ↳ DependencyGraphProof
QDP
          ↳ UsableRulesReductionPairsProof

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

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

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

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

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
First, we A-transformed [17] the QDP-Problem. Then we obtain the following A-transformed DP problem.
The pairs P are:

a1(b(a(x))) → a1(b(b(a(x))))

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

a(b(a(x))) → a(b(b(a(x))))
b(b(b(x))) → b(b(x))

Q is empty.

By using the usable rules with reduction pair processor [15] with a polynomial ordering [25], all dependency pairs and the corresponding usable rules [17] can be oriented non-strictly. All non-usable rules are removed, and those dependency pairs and usable rules that have been oriented strictly or contain non-usable symbols in their left-hand side are removed as well.

No dependency pairs are removed.

No rules are removed from R.

Used ordering: POLO with Polynomial interpretation [25]:

POL(a(x1)) = x1   
POL(a1(x1)) = x1   
POL(b(x1)) = x1   



↳ QTRS
  ↳ DependencyPairsProof
    ↳ QDP
      ↳ DependencyGraphProof
        ↳ QDP
          ↳ UsableRulesReductionPairsProof
QDP
              ↳ RFCMatchBoundsDPProof

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

a1(b(a(x))) → a1(b(b(a(x))))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

a(b(a(x))) → a(b(b(a(x))))
b(b(b(x))) → b(b(x))

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
Finiteness of the DP problem can be shown by a matchbound of 1.
As the DP problem is minimal we only have to initialize the certificate graph by the rules of P:

a1(b(a(x))) → a1(b(b(a(x))))

To find matches we regarded all rules of R and P:

a(b(a(x))) → a(b(b(a(x))))
b(b(b(x))) → b(b(x))
a1(b(a(x))) → a1(b(b(a(x))))

The certificate found is represented by the following graph.

The certificate consists of the following enumerated nodes:

28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 33

Node 28 is start node and node 29 is final node.

Those nodes are connect through the following edges: