/export/starexec/sandbox2/solver/bin/starexec_run_FirstOrder /export/starexec/sandbox2/benchmark/theBenchmark.xml /export/starexec/sandbox2/output/output_files -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YES We consider the system theBenchmark. We are asked to determine termination of the following first-order TRS. a : [] --> o f : [o * o] --> o g : [o] --> o f(X, a) => X f(X, g(Y)) => f(g(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(X, a) >? X f(X, g(Y)) >? f(g(X), Y) We orient these requirements with a polynomial interpretation in the natural numbers. The following interpretation satisfies the requirements: a = 3 f = \y0y1.3 + 2y0 + 3y1 g = \y0.3 + y0 Using this interpretation, the requirements translate to: [[f(_x0, a)]] = 12 + 2x0 > x0 = [[_x0]] [[f(_x0, g(_x1))]] = 12 + 2x0 + 3x1 > 9 + 2x0 + 3x1 = [[f(g(_x0), _x1)]] We can thus remove the following rules: f(X, a) => X f(X, g(Y)) => f(g(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.