YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(x) -> s(x) f(s(s(x))) -> s(f(f(x))) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(f(x)) p2: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(x) -> s(x) r2: f(s(s(x))) -> s(f(f(x))) 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(s(x))) -> f#(f(x)) p2: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(x) -> s(x) r2: f(s(s(x))) -> s(f(f(x))) 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) = 0 s_A(x1) = 1 f_A(x1) = 2 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: f#_A(x1) = 0 s_A(x1) = x1 + 6 f_A(x1) = x1 + 6 f#!_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 10} s!_A(x1) = max{5, x1 - 1} f!_A(x1) = 6 partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(s) = [] pi(f) = [] The following rules are removed: p1, p2 Then no dependency pair remains.