We consider the system AotoYamada_05__007. Alphabet: 0 : [] --> b cons : [b * a] --> a inc : [] --> a -> a map : [b -> b] --> a -> a nil : [] --> a plus : [b] --> b -> b s : [b] --> b Rules: plus(0) x => x plus(s(x)) y => s(plus(x) y) map(f) nil => nil map(f) cons(x, y) => cons(f x, map(f) y) inc => map(plus(s(0))) This AFS is converted to an AFSM simply by replacing all free variables by meta-variables (with arity 0). We use rule removal, following [Kop12, Theorem 2.23]. This gives the following requirements (possibly using Theorems 2.25 and 2.26 in [Kop12]): plus(0) X >? X plus(s(X)) Y >? s(plus(X) Y) map(F) nil >? nil map(F) cons(X, Y) >? cons(F X, map(F) Y) inc >? map(plus(s(0))) We orient these requirements with a polynomial interpretation in the natural numbers. The following interpretation satisfies the requirements: 0 = 0 cons = Lam[y0;y1].3 + y0 + y1 inc = Lam[y0].3 + 3*y0 map = Lam[G0;y1].G0(y1) + 3*y1*G0(y1) nil = 3 plus = Lam[y0;y1].y0 s = Lam[y0].y0 Using this interpretation, the requirements translate to: [[plus(0) _x0]] = x0 >= x0 = [[_x0]] [[plus(s(_x0)) _x1]] = x0 + x1 >= x0 + x1 = [[s(plus(_x0) _x1)]] [[map(_F0) nil]] = 3 + 10*F0(3) >= 3 = [[nil]] [[map(_F0) cons(_x1, _x2)]] = 3 + x1 + x2 + 3*x1*F0(3 + x1 + x2) + 3*x2*F0(3 + x1 + x2) + 10*F0(3 + x1 + x2) >= 3 + x1 + x2 + F0(x1) + F0(x2) + 3*x2*F0(x2) = [[cons(_F0 _x1, map(_F0) _x2)]] [[inc]] = Lam[y0].3 + 3*y0 > Lam[y0].0 = [[map(plus(s(0)))]] We can thus remove the following rules: inc => map(plus(s(0))) We use rule removal, following [Kop12, Theorem 2.23]. This gives the following requirements (possibly using Theorems 2.25 and 2.26 in [Kop12]): plus(0, X) >? X plus(s(X), Y) >? s(plus(X, Y)) map(F, nil) >? nil map(F, cons(X, Y)) >? cons(F X, map(F, Y)) We orient these requirements with a polynomial interpretation in the natural numbers. The following interpretation satisfies the requirements: 0 = 3 cons = Lam[y0;y1].3 + y0 + y1 map = Lam[G0;y1].3 + 3*y1 + G0(y1) + 3*y1*G0(y1) nil = 2 plus = Lam[y0;y1].3 + y1 + 3*y0 s = Lam[y0].3 + y0 Using this interpretation, the requirements translate to: [[plus(0, _x0)]] = 12 + x0 > x0 = [[_x0]] [[plus(s(_x0), _x1)]] = 12 + x1 + 3*x0 > 6 + x1 + 3*x0 = [[s(plus(_x0, _x1))]] [[map(_F0, nil)]] = 9 + 7*F0(2) > 2 = [[nil]] [[map(_F0, cons(_x1, _x2))]] = 12 + 3*x1 + 3*x2 + 3*x1*F0(3 + x1 + x2) + 3*x2*F0(3 + x1 + x2) + 10*F0(3 + x1 + x2) > 6 + x1 + 3*x2 + F0(x1) + F0(x2) + 3*x2*F0(x2) = [[cons(_F0 _x1, map(_F0, _x2))]] We can thus remove the following rules: plus(0, X) => X plus(s(X), Y) => s(plus(X, Y)) map(F, nil) => nil map(F, cons(X, Y)) => cons(F X, map(F, 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.