YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(x) -> s(x) f(s(s(x))) -> s(f(f(x))) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(f(x)) p2: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(x) -> s(x) r2: f(s(s(x))) -> s(f(f(x))) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(f(x)) p2: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(x) -> s(x) r2: f(s(s(x))) -> s(f(f(x))) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2 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!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: f#_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 23} s_A(x1) = max{22, x1 + 7} f_A(x1) = max{22, x1 + 7} f#!_A(x1) = max{3, x1 - 10} s!_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 16} f!_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 15} 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: f#_A(x1) = 0 s_A(x1) = 1 f_A(x1) = 2 f#!_A(x1) = x1 + 1 s!_A(x1) = 0 f!_A(x1) = 1 partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(s) = [] pi(f) = [] The following rules are removed: p1, p2 Then no dependency pair remains.