/export/starexec/sandbox/solver/bin/starexec_run_FirstOrder /export/starexec/sandbox/benchmark/theBenchmark.xml /export/starexec/sandbox/output/output_files -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YES We consider the system theBenchmark. We are asked to determine termination of the following first-order TRS. f : [o * o] --> o g : [o * o] --> o f(g(X, Y), f(Y, Y)) => f(g(Y, X), Y) We use rule removal, following [Kop12, Theorem 2.23]. This gives the following requirements (possibly using Theorems 2.25 and 2.26 in [Kop12]): f(g(X, Y), f(Y, Y)) >? f(g(Y, X), Y) We orient these requirements with a polynomial interpretation in the natural numbers. The following interpretation satisfies the requirements: f = \y0y1.1 + 2y1 + 3y0 g = \y0y1.2y1 + 3y0 Using this interpretation, the requirements translate to: [[f(g(_x0, _x1), f(_x1, _x1))]] = 3 + 9x0 + 16x1 > 1 + 6x0 + 11x1 = [[f(g(_x1, _x0), _x1)]] We can thus remove the following rules: f(g(X, Y), f(Y, Y)) => f(g(Y, X), Y) All rules were succesfully removed. Thus, termination of the original system has been reduced to termination of the beta-rule, which is well-known to hold. +++ Citations +++ [Kop12] C. Kop. Higher Order Termination. PhD Thesis, 2012.