YES We show the termination of the TRS R: g(A()) -> A() g(B()) -> A() g(B()) -> B() g(C()) -> A() g(C()) -> B() g(C()) -> C() foldB(t,|0|()) -> t foldB(t,s(n)) -> f(foldB(t,n),B()) foldC(t,|0|()) -> t foldC(t,s(n)) -> f(foldC(t,n),C()) f(t,x) -> |f'|(t,g(x)) |f'|(triple(a,b,c),C()) -> triple(a,b,s(c)) |f'|(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f(triple(a,b,c),A()) |f'|(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|(foldB(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b)) |f''|(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldC(triple(a,b,|0|()),c) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: foldB#(t,s(n)) -> f#(foldB(t,n),B()) p2: foldB#(t,s(n)) -> foldB#(t,n) p3: foldC#(t,s(n)) -> f#(foldC(t,n),C()) p4: foldC#(t,s(n)) -> foldC#(t,n) p5: f#(t,x) -> |f'|#(t,g(x)) p6: f#(t,x) -> g#(x) p7: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f#(triple(a,b,c),A()) p8: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|#(foldB(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b)) p9: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> foldB#(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b) p10: |f''|#(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldC#(triple(a,b,|0|()),c) and R consists of: r1: g(A()) -> A() r2: g(B()) -> A() r3: g(B()) -> B() r4: g(C()) -> A() r5: g(C()) -> B() r6: g(C()) -> C() r7: foldB(t,|0|()) -> t r8: foldB(t,s(n)) -> f(foldB(t,n),B()) r9: foldC(t,|0|()) -> t r10: foldC(t,s(n)) -> f(foldC(t,n),C()) r11: f(t,x) -> |f'|(t,g(x)) r12: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),C()) -> triple(a,b,s(c)) r13: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f(triple(a,b,c),A()) r14: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|(foldB(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b)) r15: |f''|(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldC(triple(a,b,|0|()),c) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p7, p8, p9, p10} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: foldB#(t,s(n)) -> f#(foldB(t,n),B()) p2: f#(t,x) -> |f'|#(t,g(x)) p3: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> foldB#(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b) p4: foldB#(t,s(n)) -> foldB#(t,n) p5: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|#(foldB(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b)) p6: |f''|#(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldC#(triple(a,b,|0|()),c) p7: foldC#(t,s(n)) -> foldC#(t,n) p8: foldC#(t,s(n)) -> f#(foldC(t,n),C()) p9: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f#(triple(a,b,c),A()) and R consists of: r1: g(A()) -> A() r2: g(B()) -> A() r3: g(B()) -> B() r4: g(C()) -> A() r5: g(C()) -> B() r6: g(C()) -> C() r7: foldB(t,|0|()) -> t r8: foldB(t,s(n)) -> f(foldB(t,n),B()) r9: foldC(t,|0|()) -> t r10: foldC(t,s(n)) -> f(foldC(t,n),C()) r11: f(t,x) -> |f'|(t,g(x)) r12: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),C()) -> triple(a,b,s(c)) r13: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f(triple(a,b,c),A()) r14: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|(foldB(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b)) r15: |f''|(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldC(triple(a,b,|0|()),c) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2, r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, r9, r10, r11, r12, r13, r14, r15 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: foldB#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 s_A(x1) = x1 + 15 f#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 8 foldB_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 1 B_A() = 4 |f'|#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 6 g_A(x1) = x1 + 1 triple_A(x1,x2,x3) = x2 + x3 + 16 A_A() = 1 |0|_A() = 2 |f''|#_A(x1) = x1 + 3 foldC#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 foldC_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 1 C_A() = 5 f_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 15 |f'|_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 15 |f''|_A(x1) = x1 + 4 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: foldB#_A(x1,x2) = max{83, x1 - 35} s_A(x1) = x1 f#_A(x1,x2) = max{83, x1 - 35, x2 - 23} foldB_A(x1,x2) = max{36, x1} B_A = 1 |f'|#_A(x1,x2) = max{83, x1 - 35} g_A(x1) = 25 triple_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{x1 + 117, x2 - 75, x3 + 46} A_A = 22 |0|_A = 46 |f''|#_A(x1) = max{83, x1 - 35} foldC#_A(x1,x2) = max{83, x1 - 35, x2 + 1} foldC_A(x1,x2) = max{50, x1, x2 - 1} C_A = 25 f_A(x1,x2) = max{x1, x2 + 25} |f'|_A(x1,x2) = max{25, x1, x2} |f''|_A(x1) = max{50, x1} foldB#!_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 46} s!_A(x1) = x1 + 72 f#!_A(x1,x2) = max{128, x1 + 75, x2 - 26} foldB!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 108 B!_A = 107 |f'|#!_A(x1,x2) = max{3, x1 - 122} g!_A(x1) = max{129, x1 + 105} triple!_A(x1,x2,x3) = 80 A!_A = 1 |0|!_A = 3 |f''|#!_A(x1) = max{80, x1 - 113} foldC#!_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 74, x2 + 127} foldC!_A(x1,x2) = x2 + 107 C!_A = 130 f!_A(x1,x2) = 106 |f'|!_A(x1,x2) = max{106, x2 + 80} |f''|!_A(x1) = max{81, x1 - 46} partial status: pi(foldB#) = [2] pi(s) = [1] pi(f#) = [] pi(foldB) = [] pi(B) = [] pi(|f'|#) = [2] pi(g) = [] pi(triple) = [] pi(A) = [] pi(|0|) = [] pi(|f''|#) = [1] pi(foldC#) = [1] pi(foldC) = [2] pi(C) = [] pi(f) = [] pi(|f'|) = [] pi(|f''|) = [] The following rules are removed: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9 Then no dependency pair remains.