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The direct sum of two term rewriting systems is the union of systems having disjoint sets of function symbols. It is shown that two term rewriting systems both are left-linear and complete if and only if the direct sum of these systems is so.
This paper is an abbreviated version of the IEICE technical report COMP88-30, July 1988. Now we are preparing a final version for submission based on this draft.
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Toyama, Y., Klop, J.W., Barendregt, H.P. (1989). Termination for the direct sum of left-linear term rewriting systems. In: Dershowitz, N. (eds) Rewriting Techniques and Applications. RTA 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 355. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51081-8_127
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