(0) Obligation:
Q restricted rewrite system:
The TRS R consists of the following rules:
b(y, z) → f(c(c(y, z, z), a, a))
b(b(z, y), a) → z
c(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → c(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
Q is empty.
 
(1) DependencyPairsProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)
Using Dependency Pairs [AG00,LPAR04] we result in the following initial DP problem.
(2) Obligation:
Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:
B(y, z) → C(c(y, z, z), a, a)
B(y, z) → C(y, z, z)
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → C(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → B(x, z)
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → C(z, y, a)
The TRS R consists of the following rules:
b(y, z) → f(c(c(y, z, z), a, a))
b(b(z, y), a) → z
c(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → c(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
 
(3) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)
The approximation of the Dependency Graph [LPAR04,FROCOS05,EDGSTAR] contains 1 SCC with 1 less node.
(4) Obligation:
Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:
B(y, z) → C(y, z, z)
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → C(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → B(x, z)
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → C(z, y, a)
The TRS R consists of the following rules:
b(y, z) → f(c(c(y, z, z), a, a))
b(b(z, y), a) → z
c(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → c(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
 
(5) QDPOrderProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)
We use the reduction pair processor [LPAR04,JAR06].
The following pairs can be oriented strictly and are deleted.
B(y, z) → C(y, z, z)
The remaining pairs can at least be oriented weakly.
Used ordering:  Matrix interpretation [MATRO] with arctic natural numbers [ARCTIC]:
| POL(B(x1, x2)) =  | 3A |  +  |  | · | x1 |  +  |  | · | x2 | 
| POL(C(x1, x2, x3)) =  | 2A |  +  |  | · | x1 |  +  |  | · | x2 |  +  |  | · | x3 | 
| POL(f(x1)) =  |  |  +  | | / | -I | 0A | 2A | \ |  
| | | -I | 0A | -I | | |  
| \ | 0A | -I | 1A | / |  
  | · | x1 | 
| POL(c(x1, x2, x3)) =  |  |  +  | | / | -I | -I | 1A | \ |  
| | | -I | -I | 0A | | |  
| \ | -I | -I | -I | / |  
  | · | x1 |  +  | | / | 0A | 2A | 0A | \ |  
| | | 0A | 1A | -I | | |  
| \ | -I | -I | -I | / |  
  | · | x2 |  +  | | / | 2A | 3A | 0A | \ |  
| | | 3A | 2A | 0A | | |  
| \ | -I | -I | -I | / |  
  | · | x3 | 
| POL(b(x1, x2)) =  |  |  +  | | / | 0A | -I | -I | \ |  
| | | 1A | 0A | 0A | | |  
| \ | -I | 0A | -I | / |  
  | · | x1 |  +  | | / | -I | -I | 0A | \ |  
| | | -I | -I | 0A | | |  
| \ | -I | -I | -I | / |  
  | · | x2 | 
The following usable rules [FROCOS05] with respect to the argument filtering of the ordering [JAR06] were oriented:
b(y, z) → f(c(c(y, z, z), a, a))
b(b(z, y), a) → z
c(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → c(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
 
(6) Obligation:
Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → C(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → B(x, z)
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → C(z, y, a)
The TRS R consists of the following rules:
b(y, z) → f(c(c(y, z, z), a, a))
b(b(z, y), a) → z
c(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → c(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
 
(7) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)
The approximation of the Dependency Graph [LPAR04,FROCOS05,EDGSTAR] contains 1 SCC with 1 less node.
(8) Obligation:
Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → C(z, y, a)
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → C(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
The TRS R consists of the following rules:
b(y, z) → f(c(c(y, z, z), a, a))
b(b(z, y), a) → z
c(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → c(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
 
(9) TransformationProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)
By instantiating [LPAR04] the rule 
C(
f(
z), 
f(
c(
a, 
x, 
a)), 
y) → 
C(
z, 
y, 
a) we obtained the following new rules [LPAR04]:
C(f(x0), f(c(a, x1, a)), a) → C(x0, a, a) → C(f(x0), f(c(a, x1, a)), a) → C(x0, a, a)
 
(10) Obligation:
Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → C(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
C(f(x0), f(c(a, x1, a)), a) → C(x0, a, a)
The TRS R consists of the following rules:
b(y, z) → f(c(c(y, z, z), a, a))
b(b(z, y), a) → z
c(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → c(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
 
(11) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)
The approximation of the Dependency Graph [LPAR04,FROCOS05,EDGSTAR] contains 1 SCC with 1 less node.
(12) Obligation:
Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:
C(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → C(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
The TRS R consists of the following rules:
b(y, z) → f(c(c(y, z, z), a, a))
b(b(z, y), a) → z
c(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → c(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
 
(13) TransformationProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)
By instantiating [LPAR04] the rule 
C(
f(
z), 
f(
c(
a, 
x, 
a)), 
y) → 
C(
f(
b(
x, 
z)), 
c(
z, 
y, 
a), 
a) we obtained the following new rules [LPAR04]:
C(f(y_2), f(c(a, x1, a)), a) → C(f(b(x1, y_2)), c(y_2, a, a), a) → C(f(y_2), f(c(a, x1, a)), a) → C(f(b(x1, y_2)), c(y_2, a, a), a)
 
(14) Obligation:
Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:
C(f(y_2), f(c(a, x1, a)), a) → C(f(b(x1, y_2)), c(y_2, a, a), a)
The TRS R consists of the following rules:
b(y, z) → f(c(c(y, z, z), a, a))
b(b(z, y), a) → z
c(f(z), f(c(a, x, a)), y) → c(f(b(x, z)), c(z, y, a), a)
Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
 
(15) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)
The approximation of the Dependency Graph [LPAR04,FROCOS05,EDGSTAR] contains 0 SCCs with 1 less node.
(16) TRUE