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Termination

Terminatingdef

A relation is terminating (strongly normalizing) when it admits no infinite rewrite sequence — formally, when the reversed relation is well-founded.

def Terminating {α : Type*} (r : α → α → Prop) : Prop :=
  WellFounded (fun a b => r b a)

import Conjectura.Defs.ComputerScience.Rewriting.Terminating · maintainer — open · raw source

Adapted for Conjectura from cslib, `Cslib/Foundations/Relation/Defs.lean`, split into one concept per module. Released by its authors under Apache 2.0.

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Authors: Fabrizio Montesi, Thomas Waring, Chris Henson

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