YES After renaming modulo { a->0, b->1, c->2 }, it remains to prove termination of the 3-rule system { 0 0 1 -> 1 0 , 2 1 -> 1 0 1 , 0 ->= 0 2 0 } The system was reversed. After renaming modulo { 1->0, 0->1, 2->2 }, it remains to prove termination of the 3-rule system { 0 1 1 -> 1 0 , 0 2 -> 0 1 0 , 1 ->= 1 2 1 } Applying context closure of depth 1 in the following form: System R over Sigma maps to { fold(xly) -> fold(xry) | l -> r in R, x,y in Sigma } over Sigma^2, where fold(a_1...a_n) = (a_1,a_2)...(a_{n-1},a_{n}) After renaming modulo { [0, 0]->0, [0, 1]->1, [1, 1]->2, [1, 0]->3, [0, 2]->4, [2, 0]->5, [1, 2]->6, [2, 1]->7, [2, 2]->8 }, it remains to prove termination of the 27-rule system { 0 1 2 3 -> 1 3 0 , 0 4 5 -> 0 1 3 0 , 1 3 ->= 1 6 7 3 , 0 1 2 2 -> 1 3 1 , 0 4 7 -> 0 1 3 1 , 1 2 ->= 1 6 7 2 , 0 1 2 6 -> 1 3 4 , 0 4 8 -> 0 1 3 4 , 1 6 ->= 1 6 7 6 , 3 1 2 3 -> 2 3 0 , 3 4 5 -> 3 1 3 0 , 2 3 ->= 2 6 7 3 , 3 1 2 2 -> 2 3 1 , 3 4 7 -> 3 1 3 1 , 2 2 ->= 2 6 7 2 , 3 1 2 6 -> 2 3 4 , 3 4 8 -> 3 1 3 4 , 2 6 ->= 2 6 7 6 , 5 1 2 3 -> 7 3 0 , 5 4 5 -> 5 1 3 0 , 7 3 ->= 7 6 7 3 , 5 1 2 2 -> 7 3 1 , 5 4 7 -> 5 1 3 1 , 7 2 ->= 7 6 7 2 , 5 1 2 6 -> 7 3 4 , 5 4 8 -> 5 1 3 4 , 7 6 ->= 7 6 7 6 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 2: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 5 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 6 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 7 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 8 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / After renaming modulo { 1->0, 3->1, 6->2, 7->3, 0->4, 4->5, 2->6, 5->7 }, it remains to prove termination of the 14-rule system { 0 1 ->= 0 2 3 1 , 4 5 3 -> 4 0 1 0 , 0 6 ->= 0 2 3 6 , 0 2 ->= 0 2 3 2 , 1 0 6 1 -> 6 1 4 , 6 1 ->= 6 2 3 1 , 1 5 3 -> 1 0 1 0 , 6 6 ->= 6 2 3 6 , 1 0 6 2 -> 6 1 5 , 6 2 ->= 6 2 3 2 , 3 1 ->= 3 2 3 1 , 7 5 3 -> 7 0 1 0 , 3 6 ->= 3 2 3 6 , 3 2 ->= 3 2 3 2 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 4: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / 5 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 1 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / 6 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / 7 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 1 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / After renaming modulo { 0->0, 1->1, 2->2, 3->3, 4->4, 5->5, 6->6 }, it remains to prove termination of the 13-rule system { 0 1 ->= 0 2 3 1 , 4 5 3 -> 4 0 1 0 , 0 6 ->= 0 2 3 6 , 0 2 ->= 0 2 3 2 , 1 0 6 1 -> 6 1 4 , 6 1 ->= 6 2 3 1 , 1 5 3 -> 1 0 1 0 , 6 6 ->= 6 2 3 6 , 1 0 6 2 -> 6 1 5 , 6 2 ->= 6 2 3 2 , 3 1 ->= 3 2 3 1 , 3 6 ->= 3 2 3 6 , 3 2 ->= 3 2 3 2 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 3: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 | | 0 1 0 | | 0 0 0 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 0 | | 0 1 0 | | 0 1 0 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 | | 0 1 0 | | 0 0 0 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 | | 0 1 0 | | 0 0 0 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 | | 0 1 0 | | 0 0 0 | \ / 5 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 0 | | 0 1 0 | | 0 0 0 | \ / 6 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 1 | | 0 3 0 | | 0 0 0 | \ / After renaming modulo { 0->0, 1->1, 2->2, 3->3, 4->4, 5->5, 6->6 }, it remains to prove termination of the 11-rule system { 0 1 ->= 0 2 3 1 , 4 5 3 -> 4 0 1 0 , 0 6 ->= 0 2 3 6 , 0 2 ->= 0 2 3 2 , 1 5 3 -> 1 0 1 0 , 6 6 ->= 6 2 3 6 , 1 0 6 2 -> 6 1 5 , 6 2 ->= 6 2 3 2 , 3 1 ->= 3 2 3 1 , 3 6 ->= 3 2 3 6 , 3 2 ->= 3 2 3 2 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 4: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 1 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / 5 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 1 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / 6 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | \ / After renaming modulo { 0->0, 1->1, 2->2, 3->3, 6->4, 5->5 }, it remains to prove termination of the 10-rule system { 0 1 ->= 0 2 3 1 , 0 4 ->= 0 2 3 4 , 0 2 ->= 0 2 3 2 , 1 5 3 -> 1 0 1 0 , 4 4 ->= 4 2 3 4 , 1 0 4 2 -> 4 1 5 , 4 2 ->= 4 2 3 2 , 3 1 ->= 3 2 3 1 , 3 4 ->= 3 2 3 4 , 3 2 ->= 3 2 3 2 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 6: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 1 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 1 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 1 0 0 1 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 5 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / After renaming modulo { 0->0, 1->1, 2->2, 3->3, 4->4, 5->5 }, it remains to prove termination of the 9-rule system { 0 1 ->= 0 2 3 1 , 0 4 ->= 0 2 3 4 , 0 2 ->= 0 2 3 2 , 1 5 3 -> 1 0 1 0 , 1 0 4 2 -> 4 1 5 , 4 2 ->= 4 2 3 2 , 3 1 ->= 3 2 3 1 , 3 4 ->= 3 2 3 4 , 3 2 ->= 3 2 3 2 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 7: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 5 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / After renaming modulo { 0->0, 1->1, 2->2, 3->3, 4->4, 5->5 }, it remains to prove termination of the 8-rule system { 0 1 ->= 0 2 3 1 , 0 4 ->= 0 2 3 4 , 0 2 ->= 0 2 3 2 , 1 5 3 -> 1 0 1 0 , 4 2 ->= 4 2 3 2 , 3 1 ->= 3 2 3 1 , 3 4 ->= 3 2 3 4 , 3 2 ->= 3 2 3 2 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 2: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 5 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / After renaming modulo { 0->0, 1->1, 2->2, 3->3, 4->4 }, it remains to prove termination of the 7-rule system { 0 1 ->= 0 2 3 1 , 0 4 ->= 0 2 3 4 , 0 2 ->= 0 2 3 2 , 4 2 ->= 4 2 3 2 , 3 1 ->= 3 2 3 1 , 3 4 ->= 3 2 3 4 , 3 2 ->= 3 2 3 2 } The system is trivially terminating.