YES We show the termination of the TRS R: g(A()) -> A() g(B()) -> A() g(B()) -> B() g(C()) -> A() g(C()) -> B() g(C()) -> C() foldf(x,nil()) -> x foldf(x,cons(y,z)) -> f(foldf(x,z),y) f(t,x) -> |f'|(t,g(x)) |f'|(triple(a,b,c),C()) -> triple(a,b,cons(C(),c)) |f'|(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f(triple(a,b,c),A()) |f'|(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|(foldf(triple(cons(A(),a),nil(),c),b)) |f''|(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldf(triple(a,b,nil()),c) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: foldf#(x,cons(y,z)) -> f#(foldf(x,z),y) p2: foldf#(x,cons(y,z)) -> foldf#(x,z) p3: f#(t,x) -> |f'|#(t,g(x)) p4: f#(t,x) -> g#(x) p5: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f#(triple(a,b,c),A()) p6: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|#(foldf(triple(cons(A(),a),nil(),c),b)) p7: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> foldf#(triple(cons(A(),a),nil(),c),b) p8: |f''|#(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldf#(triple(a,b,nil()),c) and R consists of: r1: g(A()) -> A() r2: g(B()) -> A() r3: g(B()) -> B() r4: g(C()) -> A() r5: g(C()) -> B() r6: g(C()) -> C() r7: foldf(x,nil()) -> x r8: foldf(x,cons(y,z)) -> f(foldf(x,z),y) r9: f(t,x) -> |f'|(t,g(x)) r10: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),C()) -> triple(a,b,cons(C(),c)) r11: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f(triple(a,b,c),A()) r12: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|(foldf(triple(cons(A(),a),nil(),c),b)) r13: |f''|(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldf(triple(a,b,nil()),c) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2, p3, p5, p6, p7, p8} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: foldf#(x,cons(y,z)) -> f#(foldf(x,z),y) p2: f#(t,x) -> |f'|#(t,g(x)) p3: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> foldf#(triple(cons(A(),a),nil(),c),b) p4: foldf#(x,cons(y,z)) -> foldf#(x,z) p5: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|#(foldf(triple(cons(A(),a),nil(),c),b)) p6: |f''|#(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldf#(triple(a,b,nil()),c) p7: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f#(triple(a,b,c),A()) and R consists of: r1: g(A()) -> A() r2: g(B()) -> A() r3: g(B()) -> B() r4: g(C()) -> A() r5: g(C()) -> B() r6: g(C()) -> C() r7: foldf(x,nil()) -> x r8: foldf(x,cons(y,z)) -> f(foldf(x,z),y) r9: f(t,x) -> |f'|(t,g(x)) r10: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),C()) -> triple(a,b,cons(C(),c)) r11: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f(triple(a,b,c),A()) r12: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|(foldf(triple(cons(A(),a),nil(),c),b)) r13: |f''|(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldf(triple(a,b,nil()),c) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2, r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, r9, r10, r11, r12, r13 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: foldf#_A(x1,x2) = 0 cons_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 17 f#_A(x1,x2) = 0 foldf_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 2 |f'|#_A(x1,x2) = 0 g_A(x1) = x1 triple_A(x1,x2,x3) = x2 + x3 + 5 A_A() = 7 nil_A() = 1 |f''|#_A(x1) = 0 B_A() = 10 C_A() = 12 f_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 17 |f'|_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 17 |f''|_A(x1) = x1 + 3 foldf#!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 cons!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 35 f#!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 15 foldf!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 18 |f'|#!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 13 g!_A(x1) = x1 + 15 triple!_A(x1,x2,x3) = x2 + x3 + 7 A!_A() = 26 nil!_A() = 5 |f''|#!_A(x1) = x1 B!_A() = 27 C!_A() = 48 f!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 32 |f'|!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 32 |f''|!_A(x1) = x1 + 20 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: foldf#_A(x1,x2) = 1 cons_A(x1,x2) = max{17, x1 + 15, x2} f#_A(x1,x2) = 1 foldf_A(x1,x2) = max{83, x1, x2 + 2} |f'|#_A(x1,x2) = 1 g_A(x1) = max{11, x1} triple_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{x1 + 13, x2 + 25, x3 + 22} A_A = 12 nil_A = 4 |f''|#_A(x1) = 1 B_A = 46 C_A = 46 f_A(x1,x2) = max{83, x1, x2 + 17} |f'|_A(x1,x2) = max{83, x1, x2 + 17} |f''|_A(x1) = max{83, x1} foldf#!_A(x1,x2) = x2 + 14 cons!_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 12, x2 + 4} f#!_A(x1,x2) = max{30, x2 + 14} foldf!_A(x1,x2) = max{13, x2 - 4} |f'|#!_A(x1,x2) = max{29, x2 - 17} g!_A(x1) = x1 + 14 triple!_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{28, x2 + 27, x3 + 23} A!_A = 60 nil!_A = 1 |f''|#!_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 8} B!_A = 60 C!_A = 1 f!_A(x1,x2) = x2 + 10 |f'|!_A(x1,x2) = max{9, x2 - 6} |f''|!_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 22} partial status: pi(foldf#) = [] pi(cons) = [] pi(f#) = [] pi(foldf) = [1] pi(|f'|#) = [] pi(g) = [1] pi(triple) = [] pi(A) = [] pi(nil) = [] pi(|f''|#) = [1] pi(B) = [] pi(C) = [] pi(f) = [] pi(|f'|) = [] pi(|f''|) = [1] The following rules are removed: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7 Then no dependency pair remains.