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: trivial reduction triple (T x T, T x T, Φ) base order 2: model-based reduction triple (=A, >=A!, >A!): finite algebra: carrier: {0,1} interpretations: .#_A(0,0) = 0 .#_A(0,1) = 0 .#_A(1,0) = 0 .#_A(1,1) = 0 ._A(0,0) = 0 ._A(0,1) = 0 ._A(1,0) = 0 ._A(1,1) = 0 .#!_A(0,0) = 1 .#!_A(0,1) = 0 .#!_A(1,0) = 1 .#!_A(1,1) = 0 .!_A(0,0) = 1 .!_A(0,1) = 1 .!_A(1,0) = 1 .!_A(1,1) = 1 partial status: pi(.#) = [1] pi(.) = [1, 2] The following rules are removed: p1 -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: .#(.(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} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: .#(.(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: trivial reduction triple (T x T, T x T, Φ) base order 2: model-based reduction triple (=A, >=A!, >A!): finite algebra: carrier: {0,1} interpretations: .#_A(0,0) = 0 .#_A(0,1) = 0 .#_A(1,0) = 0 .#_A(1,1) = 0 ._A(0,0) = 0 ._A(0,1) = 0 ._A(1,0) = 0 ._A(1,1) = 1 .#!_A(0,0) = 1 .#!_A(0,1) = 1 .#!_A(1,0) = 1 .#!_A(1,1) = 1 .!_A(0,0) = 0 .!_A(0,1) = 1 .!_A(1,0) = 0 .!_A(1,1) = 0 partial status: pi(.#) = [1, 2] pi(.) = [1, 2] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.