YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) f(s(x),y) -> f(x,s(c(y))) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(x,c(y)) -> f#(x,s(f(y,y))) p2: f#(x,c(y)) -> f#(y,y) p3: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(x,s(c(y))) and R consists of: r1: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(x,s(c(y))) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p2} {p3} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(x,c(y)) -> f#(y,y) and R consists of: r1: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(x,s(c(y))) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) 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: lexicographic combination of reduction triples: 1. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: f#_A(x1,x2) = x2 c_A(x1) = x1 + 1 f#!_A(x1,x2) = x2 c!_A(x1) = 1 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{x1, x2 - 4} c_A(x1) = max{5, x1 + 4} f#!_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 19, x2 - 23} c!_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 22} partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(c) = [1] 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: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(x,s(c(y))) and R consists of: r1: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(x,s(c(y))) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) 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: lexicographic combination of reduction triples: 1. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: f#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 s_A(x1) = x1 + 2 c_A(x1) = x1 f#!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 s!_A(x1) = 2 c!_A(x1) = 2 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 26, x2 - 25} s_A(x1) = max{12, x1 + 6} c_A(x1) = max{18, x1 - 21} f#!_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 13, x2 - 35} s!_A(x1) = max{3, x1 - 14} c!_A(x1) = 1 partial status: pi(f#) = [1] pi(s) = [1] pi(c) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.