Summarization for termination: no return!

We propose a program analysis method for proving termination of recursive programs. The analysis is based on a reduction of termination to two separate problems: reachability of recursive programs, and termination of non-recursive programs. Our reduction works through a program transformation that modifies the call sites and removes return edges. In the new, non-recursive program, a procedure call may nondeterministically enter the procedure body (which means that it will never return) or apply a summary statement.