YES We show the termination of the TRS R: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,z)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: *#(x,+(y,z)) -> *#(x,y) p2: *#(x,+(y,z)) -> *#(x,z) and R consists of: r1: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,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) p2: *#(x,+(y,z)) -> *#(x,z) and R consists of: r1: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,z)) 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: *#_A(x1,x2) = x2 +_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 1 *#!_A(x1,x2) = x2 + 1 +!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: *#_A(x1,x2) = 0 +_A(x1,x2) = max{2, x1 - 2, x2 - 2} *#!_A(x1,x2) = max{2, x1 - 1, x2 - 8} +!_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 7, x2 - 12} partial status: pi(*#) = [] pi(+) = [1] The following rules are removed: p1, p2 Then no dependency pair remains.