We consider the system map.

  Alphabet:

    cons : [a * list] --> list 
    map : [list * a -> a] --> list 
    nil : [] --> list 

  Rules:

    map(nil, f) => nil 
    map(cons(x, y), f) => cons(f x, map(y, f)) 

This AFS is converted to an AFSM simply by replacing all free variables by meta-variables (with arity 0).

We use the dependency pair framework as described in [Kop12, Ch. 6/7], with static dependency pairs (see [KusIsoSakBla09] and the adaptation for AFSMs and accessible arguments in [Kop13]).

We thus obtain the following dependency pair problem (P_0, R_0, static, formative):

  Dependency Pairs P_0:

    0] map#(cons(X, Y), F) =#> map#(Y, F)   

  Rules R_0:

    map(nil, F) => nil 
    map(cons(X, Y), F) => cons(F X, map(Y, F)) 

Thus, the original system is terminating if (P_0, R_0, static, formative) is finite.

We consider the dependency pair problem (P_0, R_0, static, formative).

We will use the reduction pair processor with usable rules [Kop12, Thm. 7.44].  (P_0, R_0) has no usable rules.

It suffices to find a standard reduction pair [Kop12, Def. 6.69].  Thus, we must orient:

  map#(cons(X, Y), F) >? map#(Y, F) 

We orient these requirements with a polynomial interpretation in the natural numbers.

The following interpretation satisfies the requirements:

  cons = \y0y1.3 + 2y1 
  map# = \y0G1.y0 

Using this interpretation, the requirements translate to:

  [[map#(cons(_x0, _x1), _F2)]] = 3 + 2x1 > x1 = [[map#(_x1, _F2)]] 

By the observations in [Kop12, Sec. 6.6], this reduction pair suffices; we may thus replace a dependency pair problem (P_0, R_0) by ({}, R_0).  By the empty set processor [Kop12, Thm. 7.15] this problem may be immediately removed.

As all dependency pair problems were succesfully simplified with sound (and complete) processors until nothing remained, we conclude termination.


+++ Citations +++

[Kop12]  C. Kop.  Higher Order Termination.  PhD Thesis, 2012.
[Kop13]  C. Kop.  Static Dependency Pairs with Accessibility.  Unpublished manuscript, http://cl-informatik.uibk.ac.at/users/kop/static.pdf, 2013.
[KusIsoSakBla09]  K. Kusakari, Y. Isogai, M. Sakai, and F. Blanqui.  Static Dependency Pair Method Based On Strong Computability for Higher-Order Rewrite Systems.  In volume 92(10) of IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems.  2007--2015, 2009.