YES We show the termination of the TRS R: average(s(x),y) -> average(x,s(y)) average(x,s(s(s(y)))) -> s(average(s(x),y)) average(|0|(),|0|()) -> |0|() average(|0|(),s(|0|())) -> |0|() average(|0|(),s(s(|0|()))) -> s(|0|()) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: average#(s(x),y) -> average#(x,s(y)) p2: average#(x,s(s(s(y)))) -> average#(s(x),y) and R consists of: r1: average(s(x),y) -> average(x,s(y)) r2: average(x,s(s(s(y)))) -> s(average(s(x),y)) r3: average(|0|(),|0|()) -> |0|() r4: average(|0|(),s(|0|())) -> |0|() r5: average(|0|(),s(s(|0|()))) -> s(|0|()) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: average#(s(x),y) -> average#(x,s(y)) p2: average#(x,s(s(s(y)))) -> average#(s(x),y) and R consists of: r1: average(s(x),y) -> average(x,s(y)) r2: average(x,s(s(s(y)))) -> s(average(s(x),y)) r3: average(|0|(),|0|()) -> |0|() r4: average(|0|(),s(|0|())) -> |0|() r5: average(|0|(),s(s(|0|()))) -> s(|0|()) 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: average#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 1 s_A(x1) = x1 + 2 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: average#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 7, x2 - 8} s_A(x1) = max{6, x1} average#!_A(x1,x2) = max{8, x2 + 1} s!_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 2} partial status: pi(average#) = [1, 2] pi(s) = [] The following rules are removed: p2 -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: average#(s(x),y) -> average#(x,s(y)) and R consists of: r1: average(s(x),y) -> average(x,s(y)) r2: average(x,s(s(s(y)))) -> s(average(s(x),y)) r3: average(|0|(),|0|()) -> |0|() r4: average(|0|(),s(|0|())) -> |0|() r5: average(|0|(),s(s(|0|()))) -> s(|0|()) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: average#(s(x),y) -> average#(x,s(y)) and R consists of: r1: average(s(x),y) -> average(x,s(y)) r2: average(x,s(s(s(y)))) -> s(average(s(x),y)) r3: average(|0|(),|0|()) -> |0|() r4: average(|0|(),s(|0|())) -> |0|() r5: average(|0|(),s(s(|0|()))) -> s(|0|()) 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: average#_A(x1,x2) = 1 s_A(x1) = 2 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: average#_A(x1,x2) = 0 s_A(x1) = x1 + 6 average#!_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 2} s!_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 12} partial status: pi(average#) = [] pi(s) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.