YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(a(),h(x)) -> f(g(x),h(x)) h(g(x)) -> h(a()) g(h(x)) -> g(x) h(h(x)) -> x -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(a(),h(x)) -> f#(g(x),h(x)) p2: f#(a(),h(x)) -> g#(x) p3: h#(g(x)) -> h#(a()) p4: g#(h(x)) -> g#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),h(x)) -> f(g(x),h(x)) r2: h(g(x)) -> h(a()) r3: g(h(x)) -> g(x) r4: h(h(x)) -> x The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} {p4} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(a(),h(x)) -> f#(g(x),h(x)) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),h(x)) -> f(g(x),h(x)) r2: h(g(x)) -> h(a()) r3: g(h(x)) -> g(x) r4: h(h(x)) -> x The set of usable rules consists of r2, r3, r4 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) = x1 + 1 a_A() = 1 h_A(x1) = x1 + 3 g_A(x1) = 1 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 3, x2 - 6} a_A = 2 h_A(x1) = max{4, x1 + 3} g_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 4} f#!_A(x1,x2) = max{8, x2 - 5} a!_A = 1 h!_A(x1) = max{8, x1 + 6} g!_A(x1) = 0 partial status: pi(f#) = [1] pi(a) = [] pi(h) = [] pi(g) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains. -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: g#(h(x)) -> g#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),h(x)) -> f(g(x),h(x)) r2: h(g(x)) -> h(a()) r3: g(h(x)) -> g(x) r4: h(h(x)) -> x The set of usable rules consists of 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: g#_A(x1) = x1 h_A(x1) = x1 + 2 g_A(x1) = x1 + 4 a_A() = 1 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: g#_A(x1) = 0 h_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 8} g_A(x1) = max{16, x1 + 6} a_A = 7 g#!_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 14} h!_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 13} g!_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 1} a!_A = 1 partial status: pi(g#) = [1] pi(h) = [] pi(g) = [1] pi(a) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.