We consider the system Applicative_05__Ex9Maps. Alphabet: cons : [d * e] --> e g : [] --> b map!fac62201 : [d -> d * e] --> e map!fac62202 : [d -> a -> d * a * e] --> e map!fac62203 : [b -> d -> c -> d * b * c * e] --> e Rules: map!fac62201(f, cons(x, y)) => cons(f x, map!fac62201(f, y)) map!fac62202(f, x, cons(y, z)) => cons(f y x, map!fac62202(f, x, z)) map!fac62203(f, g, x, cons(y, z)) => cons(f g y x, map!fac62203(f, g, x, z)) 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]): map!fac62201(F, cons(X, Y)) >? cons(F X, map!fac62201(F, Y)) map!fac62202(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >? cons(F Y X, map!fac62202(F, X, Z)) map!fac62203(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) >? cons(F g Y X, map!fac62203(F, g, X, Z)) We use a recursive path ordering as defined in [Kop12, Chapter 5]. We choose Lex = {} and Mul = {@_{o -> o -> o -> o}, @_{o -> o -> o}, @_{o -> o}, cons, g, map!fac62201, map!fac62202, map!fac62203}, and the following precedence: map!fac62202 > map!fac62203 > @_{o -> o -> o} > @_{o -> o} = map!fac62201 > g > @_{o -> o -> o -> o} > cons With these choices, we have: 1] map!fac62201(F, cons(X, Y)) >= cons(@_{o -> o}(F, X), map!fac62201(F, Y)) because [2], by (Star) 2] map!fac62201*(F, cons(X, Y)) >= cons(@_{o -> o}(F, X), map!fac62201(F, Y)) because map!fac62201 > cons, [3] and [8], by (Copy) 3] map!fac62201*(F, cons(X, Y)) >= @_{o -> o}(F, X) because map!fac62201 = @_{o -> o}, map!fac62201 in Mul, [4] and [5], by (Stat) 4] F >= F by (Meta) 5] cons(X, Y) > X because [6], by definition 6] cons*(X, Y) >= X because [7], by (Select) 7] X >= X by (Meta) 8] map!fac62201*(F, cons(X, Y)) >= map!fac62201(F, Y) because map!fac62201 in Mul, [4] and [9], by (Stat) 9] cons(X, Y) > Y because [10], by definition 10] cons*(X, Y) >= Y because [11], by (Select) 11] Y >= Y by (Meta) 12] map!fac62202(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= cons(@_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y), X), map!fac62202(F, X, Z)) because [13], by (Star) 13] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= cons(@_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y), X), map!fac62202(F, X, Z)) because map!fac62202 > cons, [14] and [24], by (Copy) 14] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= @_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y), X) because map!fac62202 > @_{o -> o}, [15] and [22], by (Copy) 15] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= @_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y) because map!fac62202 > @_{o -> o -> o}, [16] and [18], by (Copy) 16] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= F because [17], by (Select) 17] F >= F by (Meta) 18] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= Y because [19], by (Select) 19] cons(Y, Z) >= Y because [20], by (Star) 20] cons*(Y, Z) >= Y because [21], by (Select) 21] Y >= Y by (Meta) 22] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= X because [23], by (Select) 23] X >= X by (Meta) 24] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= map!fac62202(F, X, Z) because map!fac62202 in Mul, [25], [26] and [27], by (Stat) 25] F >= F by (Meta) 26] X >= X by (Meta) 27] cons(Y, Z) > Z because [28], by definition 28] cons*(Y, Z) >= Z because [29], by (Select) 29] Z >= Z by (Meta) 30] map!fac62203(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) > cons(@_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o -> o}(F, g), Y), X), map!fac62203(F, g, X, Z)) because [31], by definition 31] map!fac62203*(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= cons(@_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o -> o}(F, g), Y), X), map!fac62203(F, g, X, Z)) because map!fac62203 > cons, [32] and [45], by (Copy) 32] map!fac62203*(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= @_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o -> o}(F, g), Y), X) because map!fac62203 > @_{o -> o}, [33] and [43], by (Copy) 33] map!fac62203*(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= @_{o -> o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o -> o}(F, g), Y) because map!fac62203 > @_{o -> o -> o}, [34] and [39], by (Copy) 34] map!fac62203*(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= @_{o -> o -> o -> o}(F, g) because map!fac62203 > @_{o -> o -> o -> o}, [35] and [37], by (Copy) 35] map!fac62203*(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= F because [36], by (Select) 36] F >= F by (Meta) 37] map!fac62203*(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= g because [38], by (Select) 38] g >= g by (Fun) 39] map!fac62203*(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= Y because [40], by (Select) 40] cons(Y, Z) >= Y because [41], by (Star) 41] cons*(Y, Z) >= Y because [42], by (Select) 42] Y >= Y by (Meta) 43] map!fac62203*(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= X because [44], by (Select) 44] X >= X by (Meta) 45] map!fac62203*(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= map!fac62203(F, g, X, Z) because map!fac62203 in Mul, [46], [47], [48] and [49], by (Stat) 46] F >= F by (Meta) 47] g >= g by (Fun) 48] X >= X by (Meta) 49] cons(Y, Z) > Z because [50], by definition 50] cons*(Y, Z) >= Z because [51], by (Select) 51] Z >= Z by (Meta) We can thus remove the following rules: map!fac62203(F, g, X, cons(Y, Z)) => cons(F g Y X, map!fac62203(F, g, X, Z)) We use rule removal, following [Kop12, Theorem 2.23]. This gives the following requirements (possibly using Theorems 2.25 and 2.26 in [Kop12]): map!fac62201(F, cons(X, Y)) >? cons(F X, map!fac62201(F, Y)) map!fac62202(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >? cons(F Y X, map!fac62202(F, X, Z)) We use a recursive path ordering as defined in [Kop12, Chapter 5]. We choose Lex = {} and Mul = {@_{o -> o -> o}, @_{o -> o}, cons, map!fac62201, map!fac62202}, and the following precedence: map!fac62202 > @_{o -> o -> o} > map!fac62201 > cons > @_{o -> o} With these choices, we have: 1] map!fac62201(F, cons(X, Y)) > cons(@_{o -> o}(F, X), map!fac62201(F, Y)) because [2], by definition 2] map!fac62201*(F, cons(X, Y)) >= cons(@_{o -> o}(F, X), map!fac62201(F, Y)) because map!fac62201 > cons, [3] and [10], by (Copy) 3] map!fac62201*(F, cons(X, Y)) >= @_{o -> o}(F, X) because map!fac62201 > @_{o -> o}, [4] and [6], by (Copy) 4] map!fac62201*(F, cons(X, Y)) >= F because [5], by (Select) 5] F >= F by (Meta) 6] map!fac62201*(F, cons(X, Y)) >= X because [7], by (Select) 7] cons(X, Y) >= X because [8], by (Star) 8] cons*(X, Y) >= X because [9], by (Select) 9] X >= X by (Meta) 10] map!fac62201*(F, cons(X, Y)) >= map!fac62201(F, Y) because map!fac62201 in Mul, [11] and [12], by (Stat) 11] F >= F by (Meta) 12] cons(X, Y) > Y because [13], by definition 13] cons*(X, Y) >= Y because [14], by (Select) 14] Y >= Y by (Meta) 15] map!fac62202(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= cons(@_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y), X), map!fac62202(F, X, Z)) because [16], by (Star) 16] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= cons(@_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y), X), map!fac62202(F, X, Z)) because map!fac62202 > cons, [17] and [27], by (Copy) 17] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= @_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y), X) because map!fac62202 > @_{o -> o}, [18] and [25], by (Copy) 18] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= @_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y) because map!fac62202 > @_{o -> o -> o}, [19] and [21], by (Copy) 19] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= F because [20], by (Select) 20] F >= F by (Meta) 21] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= Y because [22], by (Select) 22] cons(Y, Z) >= Y because [23], by (Star) 23] cons*(Y, Z) >= Y because [24], by (Select) 24] Y >= Y by (Meta) 25] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= X because [26], by (Select) 26] X >= X by (Meta) 27] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= map!fac62202(F, X, Z) because map!fac62202 in Mul, [28], [29] and [30], by (Stat) 28] F >= F by (Meta) 29] X >= X by (Meta) 30] cons(Y, Z) > Z because [31], by definition 31] cons*(Y, Z) >= Z because [32], by (Select) 32] Z >= Z by (Meta) We can thus remove the following rules: map!fac62201(F, cons(X, Y)) => cons(F X, map!fac62201(F, Y)) We use rule removal, following [Kop12, Theorem 2.23]. This gives the following requirements (possibly using Theorems 2.25 and 2.26 in [Kop12]): map!fac62202(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >? cons(F Y X, map!fac62202(F, X, Z)) We use a recursive path ordering as defined in [Kop12, Chapter 5]. We choose Lex = {} and Mul = {@_{o -> o -> o}, @_{o -> o}, cons, map!fac62202}, and the following precedence: @_{o -> o -> o} = map!fac62202 > @_{o -> o} > cons With these choices, we have: 1] map!fac62202(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) > cons(@_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y), X), map!fac62202(F, X, Z)) because [2], by definition 2] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= cons(@_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y), X), map!fac62202(F, X, Z)) because map!fac62202 > cons, [3] and [11], by (Copy) 3] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= @_{o -> o}(@_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y), X) because map!fac62202 > @_{o -> o}, [4] and [9], by (Copy) 4] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= @_{o -> o -> o}(F, Y) because map!fac62202 = @_{o -> o -> o}, map!fac62202 in Mul, [5] and [6], by (Stat) 5] F >= F by (Meta) 6] cons(Y, Z) >= Y because [7], by (Star) 7] cons*(Y, Z) >= Y because [8], by (Select) 8] Y >= Y by (Meta) 9] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= X because [10], by (Select) 10] X >= X by (Meta) 11] map!fac62202*(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) >= map!fac62202(F, X, Z) because map!fac62202 in Mul, [5], [12] and [13], by (Stat) 12] X >= X by (Meta) 13] cons(Y, Z) > Z because [14], by definition 14] cons*(Y, Z) >= Z because [15], by (Select) 15] Z >= Z by (Meta) We can thus remove the following rules: map!fac62202(F, X, cons(Y, Z)) => cons(F Y X, map!fac62202(F, X, Z)) 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.