YES We show the termination of the TRS R: cond(true(),x,y) -> cond(gr(x,y),p(x),s(y)) gr(|0|(),x) -> false() gr(s(x),|0|()) -> true() gr(s(x),s(y)) -> gr(x,y) p(|0|()) -> |0|() p(s(x)) -> x -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: cond#(true(),x,y) -> cond#(gr(x,y),p(x),s(y)) p2: cond#(true(),x,y) -> gr#(x,y) p3: cond#(true(),x,y) -> p#(x) p4: gr#(s(x),s(y)) -> gr#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: cond(true(),x,y) -> cond(gr(x,y),p(x),s(y)) r2: gr(|0|(),x) -> false() r3: gr(s(x),|0|()) -> true() r4: gr(s(x),s(y)) -> gr(x,y) r5: p(|0|()) -> |0|() r6: p(s(x)) -> x The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} {p4} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: cond#(true(),x,y) -> cond#(gr(x,y),p(x),s(y)) and R consists of: r1: cond(true(),x,y) -> cond(gr(x,y),p(x),s(y)) r2: gr(|0|(),x) -> false() r3: gr(s(x),|0|()) -> true() r4: gr(s(x),s(y)) -> gr(x,y) r5: p(|0|()) -> |0|() r6: p(s(x)) -> x The set of usable rules consists of r2, r3, r4, r5, r6 Take the reduction pair: generalized weighted path order (>=MG, >G) base order 1: max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: cond#_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{x1 - 8, x2 + 2} true_A = 14 gr_A(x1,x2) = max{8, x1 - 8} p_A(x1) = max{3, x1 - 3} s_A(x1) = x1 + 23 |0|_A = 2 false_A = 1 base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: cond#_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{0, x1 - 3, x2 - 5, x3 - 9} true_A = 0 gr_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 9, x2 - 6} p_A(x1) = max{4, x1} s_A(x1) = max{8, x1} |0|_A = 5 false_A = 0 cond#!_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{4, x1 - 4, x2 - 14, x3 - 11} true!_A = 2 gr!_A(x1,x2) = max{6, x1 - 9, x2 - 7} p!_A(x1) = max{4, x1 - 14} s!_A(x1) = max{5, x1 - 10} |0|!_A = 1 false!_A = 0 partial status: pi(cond#) = [2] pi(true) = [] pi(gr) = [] pi(p) = [] pi(s) = [] pi(|0|) = [] pi(false) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains. -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: gr#(s(x),s(y)) -> gr#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: cond(true(),x,y) -> cond(gr(x,y),p(x),s(y)) r2: gr(|0|(),x) -> false() r3: gr(s(x),|0|()) -> true() r4: gr(s(x),s(y)) -> gr(x,y) r5: p(|0|()) -> |0|() r6: p(s(x)) -> 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: gr#_A(x1,x2) = 0 s_A(x1) = max{5, x1 - 7} base order 2: marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: gr#_A(x1,x2) = max{x1, x2} s_A(x1) = max{10, x1 + 1} gr#!_A(x1,x2) = max{6, x1 - 11, x2 - 3} s!_A(x1) = max{5, x1 - 12} partial status: pi(gr#) = [] pi(s) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.