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() foldB(t,|0|()) -> t foldB(t,s(n)) -> f(foldB(t,n),B()) foldC(t,|0|()) -> t foldC(t,s(n)) -> f(foldC(t,n),C()) f(t,x) -> |f'|(t,g(x)) |f'|(triple(a,b,c),C()) -> triple(a,b,s(c)) |f'|(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f(triple(a,b,c),A()) |f'|(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|(foldB(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b)) |f''|(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldC(triple(a,b,|0|()),c) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: foldB#(t,s(n)) -> f#(foldB(t,n),B()) p2: foldB#(t,s(n)) -> foldB#(t,n) p3: foldC#(t,s(n)) -> f#(foldC(t,n),C()) p4: foldC#(t,s(n)) -> foldC#(t,n) p5: f#(t,x) -> |f'|#(t,g(x)) p6: f#(t,x) -> g#(x) p7: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f#(triple(a,b,c),A()) p8: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|#(foldB(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b)) p9: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> foldB#(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b) p10: |f''|#(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldC#(triple(a,b,|0|()),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: foldB(t,|0|()) -> t r8: foldB(t,s(n)) -> f(foldB(t,n),B()) r9: foldC(t,|0|()) -> t r10: foldC(t,s(n)) -> f(foldC(t,n),C()) r11: f(t,x) -> |f'|(t,g(x)) r12: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),C()) -> triple(a,b,s(c)) r13: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f(triple(a,b,c),A()) r14: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|(foldB(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b)) r15: |f''|(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldC(triple(a,b,|0|()),c) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p7, p8, p9, p10} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: foldB#(t,s(n)) -> f#(foldB(t,n),B()) p2: f#(t,x) -> |f'|#(t,g(x)) p3: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> foldB#(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b) p4: foldB#(t,s(n)) -> foldB#(t,n) p5: |f'|#(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|#(foldB(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b)) p6: |f''|#(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldC#(triple(a,b,|0|()),c) p7: foldC#(t,s(n)) -> foldC#(t,n) p8: foldC#(t,s(n)) -> f#(foldC(t,n),C()) p9: |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: foldB(t,|0|()) -> t r8: foldB(t,s(n)) -> f(foldB(t,n),B()) r9: foldC(t,|0|()) -> t r10: foldC(t,s(n)) -> f(foldC(t,n),C()) r11: f(t,x) -> |f'|(t,g(x)) r12: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),C()) -> triple(a,b,s(c)) r13: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),B()) -> f(triple(a,b,c),A()) r14: |f'|(triple(a,b,c),A()) -> |f''|(foldB(triple(s(a),|0|(),c),b)) r15: |f''|(triple(a,b,c)) -> foldC(triple(a,b,|0|()),c) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2, r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, r9, r10, r11, r12, r13, r14, r15 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: foldB#_A(x1,x2) = 0 s_A(x1) = x1 + 8 f#_A(x1,x2) = 0 foldB_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 1 B_A() = 3 |f'|#_A(x1,x2) = 0 g_A(x1) = 3 triple_A(x1,x2,x3) = x2 + x3 + 1 A_A() = 1 |0|_A() = 1 |f''|#_A(x1) = 0 foldC#_A(x1,x2) = 0 foldC_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 C_A() = 1 f_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 8 |f'|_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 8 |f''|_A(x1) = x1 + 1 foldB#!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 1 s!_A(x1) = 18 f#!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 7 foldB!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 11 B!_A() = 17 |f'|#!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 7 g!_A(x1) = x1 + 15 triple!_A(x1,x2,x3) = x2 + 6 A!_A() = 15 |0|!_A() = 0 |f''|#!_A(x1) = x1 + 2 foldC#!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 foldC!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 8 C!_A() = 19 f!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 13 |f'|!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 13 |f''|!_A(x1) = x1 + 10 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: foldB#_A(x1,x2) = max{72, x1 - 6} s_A(x1) = x1 + 180 f#_A(x1,x2) = max{72, x2 - 53} foldB_A(x1,x2) = max{76, x1 + 70} B_A = 125 |f'|#_A(x1,x2) = 72 g_A(x1) = max{63, x1 + 10} triple_A(x1,x2,x3) = 2 A_A = 64 |0|_A = 35 |f''|#_A(x1) = 72 foldC#_A(x1,x2) = 72 foldC_A(x1,x2) = max{75, x1 + 33} C_A = 115 f_A(x1,x2) = max{75, x2 - 54} |f'|_A(x1,x2) = max{75, x2 - 116} |f''|_A(x1) = max{75, x1 - 1} foldB#!_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 186, x2 - 68} s!_A(x1) = 1 f#!_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 67, x2 + 1} foldB!_A(x1,x2) = max{188, x1 + 186} B!_A = 189 |f'|#!_A(x1,x2) = max{66, x2 - 55} g!_A(x1) = max{191, x1 - 126} triple!_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{x1 + 72, x3 + 72} A!_A = 190 |0|!_A = 109 |f''|#!_A(x1) = 10 foldC#!_A(x1,x2) = max{191, x1 + 101} foldC!_A(x1,x2) = max{110, x1 - 4, x2 - 70} C!_A = 191 f!_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 111, x2 + 9} |f'|!_A(x1,x2) = max{110, x2 - 11} |f''|!_A(x1) = max{108, x1 - 3} partial status: pi(foldB#) = [] pi(s) = [1] pi(f#) = [] pi(foldB) = [1, 2] pi(B) = [] pi(|f'|#) = [] pi(g) = [1] pi(triple) = [] pi(A) = [] pi(|0|) = [] pi(|f''|#) = [] pi(foldC#) = [] pi(foldC) = [1] pi(C) = [] pi(f) = [] pi(|f'|) = [] pi(|f''|) = [] The following rules are removed: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9 Then no dependency pair remains.