YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(|0|(),y) -> |0|() f(s(x),y) -> f(f(x,y),y) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(f(x,y),y) p2: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: f(|0|(),y) -> |0|() r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(f(x,y),y) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(f(x,y),y) p2: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: f(|0|(),y) -> |0|() r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(f(x,y),y) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2 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) = 1 s_A(x1) = 2 f_A(x1,x2) = 3 |0|_A() = 1 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 5, x2 - 1} s_A(x1) = x1 + 3 f_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 4} |0|_A = 1 f#!_A(x1,x2) = max{2, x1} s!_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 9} f!_A(x1,x2) = max{4, x1 - 4, x2 - 4} |0|!_A = 0 partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(s) = [] pi(f) = [] pi(|0|) = [] The following rules are removed: p1, p2 Then no dependency pair remains.