\begin{frame} \frametitle{Infinitary Rewriting} \begin{example} \vspace{-2ex} \begin{align*} f(x,x) &\to f(a,b)\\ a &\to c(a)\\ b &\to c(b) \end{align*} \end{example} \pause\vspace{-2ex} \begin{align*} f(a,b) &\pause\to f(c(a),b)\\ &\pause\to f(c(c(a)),b)\\ &\pause\ired f(c(c(c(\ldots))),b)\\ &\pause\to f(c(c(c(\ldots))),c(b))\\ &\pause\to f(c(c(c(\ldots))),c(c(b)))\\ &\pause\ired f(c(c(c(\ldots))),c(c(c(\ldots))))\\ &\pause\to f(a,b)\\ &\pause\to \ldots \end{align*} \pause\vspace{-3ex} We need transfinite reductions\ldots \bigskip \end{frame}