YES We show the termination of the TRS R: app(app(app(compose(),f),g),x) -> app(f,app(g,x)) Instead we prove termination of the uncurried system: app(compose_0(),y) -> compose_1(y) app(compose_1(x1),y) -> compose_2(x1,y) app(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3(x1,x2,y) compose_3(f,g,x) -> app(f,app(g,x)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: app#(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3#(x1,x2,y) p2: compose_3#(f,g,x) -> app#(f,app(g,x)) p3: compose_3#(f,g,x) -> app#(g,x) and R consists of: r1: app(compose_0(),y) -> compose_1(y) r2: app(compose_1(x1),y) -> compose_2(x1,y) r3: app(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3(x1,x2,y) r4: compose_3(f,g,x) -> app(f,app(g,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: app#(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3#(x1,x2,y) p2: compose_3#(f,g,x) -> app#(g,x) p3: compose_3#(f,g,x) -> app#(f,app(g,x)) and R consists of: r1: app(compose_0(),y) -> compose_1(y) r2: app(compose_1(x1),y) -> compose_2(x1,y) r3: app(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3(x1,x2,y) r4: compose_3(f,g,x) -> app(f,app(g,x)) The set of usable rules consists of r1, 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: app#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 2 compose_2_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 4 compose_3#_A(x1,x2,x3) = x1 + x2 + x3 + 5 app_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 2 compose_0_A() = 2 compose_1_A(x1) = x1 + 3 compose_3_A(x1,x2,x3) = x1 + x2 + x3 + 5 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: app#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 5, x2 - 7} compose_2_A(x1,x2) = max{4, x1, x2} compose_3#_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{0, x1 - 5, x2 - 5, x3 - 7} app_A(x1,x2) = max{6, x1 + 1, x2} compose_0_A = 0 compose_1_A(x1) = max{2, x1} compose_3_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{6, x1 + 1, x2 + 1, x3} app#!_A(x1,x2) = max{5, x1 - 7, x2 - 14} compose_2!_A(x1,x2) = max{3, x1 - 7, x2 - 15} compose_3#!_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{5, x1 - 7, x2 - 5, x3 - 14} app!_A(x1,x2) = max{5, x1 - 5, x2 - 14} compose_0!_A = 1 compose_1!_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 15} compose_3!_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{4, x1 - 6, x2 - 16, x3 - 15} partial status: pi(app#) = [] pi(compose_2) = [1] pi(compose_3#) = [1] pi(app) = [] pi(compose_0) = [] pi(compose_1) = [1] pi(compose_3) = [3] The following rules are removed: p1, p2, p3 Then no dependency pair remains.