YES We show the termination of the TRS R: app(app(apply(),f),x) -> app(f,x) Instead we prove termination of the uncurried system: app(apply_0(),y) -> apply_1(y) app(apply_1(x1),y) -> apply_2(x1,y) apply_2(f,x) -> app(f,x) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: app#(apply_1(x1),y) -> apply_2#(x1,y) p2: apply_2#(f,x) -> app#(f,x) and R consists of: r1: app(apply_0(),y) -> apply_1(y) r2: app(apply_1(x1),y) -> apply_2(x1,y) r3: apply_2(f,x) -> app(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: app#(apply_1(x1),y) -> apply_2#(x1,y) p2: apply_2#(f,x) -> app#(f,x) and R consists of: r1: app(apply_0(),y) -> apply_1(y) r2: app(apply_1(x1),y) -> apply_2(x1,y) r3: apply_2(f,x) -> app(f,x) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: generalized weighted path order (>=MG, >G) base order 1: max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: app#_A(x1,x2) = max{2, x1} apply_1_A(x1) = x1 + 5 apply_2#_A(x1,x2) = max{3, x1 + 1} base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: app#_A(x1,x2) = 0 apply_1_A(x1) = 2 apply_2#_A(x1,x2) = 0 app#!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 3 apply_1!_A(x1) = 1 apply_2#!_A(x1,x2) = 2 partial status: pi(app#) = [] pi(apply_1) = [] pi(apply_2#) = [1] The following rules are removed: p1, p2 Then no dependency pair remains.