YES After renaming modulo { b->0, c->1 }, it remains to prove termination of the 3-rule system { 0 0 -> 1 1 1 1 , 1 -> , 0 1 0 -> 0 0 0 } Applying sparse 2-tiling [Hofbauer/Geser/Waldmann, FSCD 2019]. After renaming modulo { (0,0)->0, (0,1)->1, (1,1)->2, (1,0)->3, (0,3)->4, (1,3)->5, (2,0)->6, (2,1)->7, (2,3)->8 }, it remains to prove termination of the 27-rule system { 0 0 0 -> 1 2 2 2 3 , 0 0 1 -> 1 2 2 2 2 , 0 0 4 -> 1 2 2 2 5 , 3 0 0 -> 2 2 2 2 3 , 3 0 1 -> 2 2 2 2 2 , 3 0 4 -> 2 2 2 2 5 , 6 0 0 -> 7 2 2 2 3 , 6 0 1 -> 7 2 2 2 2 , 6 0 4 -> 7 2 2 2 5 , 1 3 -> 0 , 1 2 -> 1 , 1 5 -> 4 , 2 3 -> 3 , 2 2 -> 2 , 2 5 -> 5 , 7 3 -> 6 , 7 2 -> 7 , 7 5 -> 8 , 0 1 3 0 -> 0 0 0 0 , 0 1 3 1 -> 0 0 0 1 , 0 1 3 4 -> 0 0 0 4 , 3 1 3 0 -> 3 0 0 0 , 3 1 3 1 -> 3 0 0 1 , 3 1 3 4 -> 3 0 0 4 , 6 1 3 0 -> 6 0 0 0 , 6 1 3 1 -> 6 0 0 1 , 6 1 3 4 -> 6 0 0 4 } 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 5 | | 0 1 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 5 | | 0 1 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 6 | | 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 0 | | 0 1 | \ / After renaming modulo { }, it remains to prove termination of the 0-rule system { } The system is trivially terminating.