YES We show the termination of the TRS R: .(.(x,y),z) -> .(x,.(y,z)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(x,.(y,z)) p2: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(y,z) and R consists of: r1: .(.(x,y),z) -> .(x,.(y,z)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(x,.(y,z)) p2: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(y,z) and R consists of: r1: .(.(x,y),z) -> .(x,.(y,z)) The set of usable rules consists of r1 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: .#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 2 ._A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 1 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: .#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 4, x2 - 5} ._A(x1,x2) = max{3, x1 + 1, x2} .#!_A(x1,x2) = max{2, x1 - 4, x2 - 5} .!_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 5, x2 - 9} partial status: pi(.#) = [] pi(.) = [1, 2] The following rules are removed: p2 -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(x,.(y,z)) and R consists of: r1: .(.(x,y),z) -> .(x,.(y,z)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(x,.(y,z)) and R consists of: r1: .(.(x,y),z) -> .(x,.(y,z)) The set of usable rules consists of r1 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: .#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 1 ._A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 1 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: .#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 3, x2 - 7} ._A(x1,x2) = max{2, x1 + 1, x2 - 3} .#!_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 3, x2 - 7} .!_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 7, x2 - 11} partial status: pi(.#) = [1] pi(.) = [1, 2] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.