YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(g(x)) -> f(a(g(g(f(x))),g(f(x)))) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(g(x)) -> f#(a(g(g(f(x))),g(f(x)))) p2: f#(g(x)) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(g(x)) -> f(a(g(g(f(x))),g(f(x)))) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(g(x)) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(g(x)) -> f(a(g(g(f(x))),g(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: f#_A(x1) = 0 g_A(x1) = max{4, x1 - 2} base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: f#_A(x1) = x1 g_A(x1) = max{21, x1 + 7} f#!_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 3} g!_A(x1) = max{3, x1 - 2} partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(g) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.