YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(g(x)) -> g(f(f(x))) f(h(x)) -> h(g(x)) |f'|(s(x),y,y) -> |f'|(y,x,s(x)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(g(x)) -> f#(f(x)) p2: f#(g(x)) -> f#(x) p3: |f'|#(s(x),y,y) -> |f'|#(y,x,s(x)) and R consists of: r1: f(g(x)) -> g(f(f(x))) r2: f(h(x)) -> h(g(x)) r3: |f'|(s(x),y,y) -> |f'|(y,x,s(x)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2} {p3} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(g(x)) -> f#(f(x)) p2: f#(g(x)) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(g(x)) -> g(f(f(x))) r2: f(h(x)) -> h(g(x)) r3: |f'|(s(x),y,y) -> |f'|(y,x,s(x)) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2, r3 Take the reduction pair: generalized weighted path order (>=MG, >G) base order 1: matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: f#_A(x1) = x1 g_A(x1) = x1 + 2 f_A(x1) = x1 h_A(x1) = 1 |f'|_A(x1,x2,x3) = 2 s_A(x1) = 1 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: f#_A(x1) = 0 g_A(x1) = 3 f_A(x1) = 3 h_A(x1) = 1 |f'|_A(x1,x2,x3) = x1 + x3 s_A(x1) = x1 + 1 f#!_A(x1) = x1 + 2 g!_A(x1) = 3 f!_A(x1) = 4 h!_A(x1) = x1 |f'|!_A(x1,x2,x3) = x1 + x3 s!_A(x1) = 0 partial status: pi(f#) = [1] pi(g) = [] pi(f) = [] pi(h) = [] pi(|f'|) = [] pi(s) = [] The following rules are removed: p1, p2 Then no dependency pair remains. -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: |f'|#(s(x),y,y) -> |f'|#(y,x,s(x)) and R consists of: r1: f(g(x)) -> g(f(f(x))) r2: f(h(x)) -> h(g(x)) r3: |f'|(s(x),y,y) -> |f'|(y,x,s(x)) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: generalized weighted path order (>=MG, >G) base order 1: matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: |f'|#_A(x1,x2,x3) = 1 s_A(x1) = x1 + 2 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: |f'|#_A(x1,x2,x3) = 0 s_A(x1) = x1 + 1 |f'|#!_A(x1,x2,x3) = x1 + x2 s!_A(x1) = 2 partial status: pi(|f'|#) = [] pi(s) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.