YES We show the termination of the TRS R: g(c(x,s(y))) -> g(c(s(x),y)) f(c(s(x),y)) -> f(c(x,s(y))) f(f(x)) -> f(d(f(x))) f(x) -> x -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: g#(c(x,s(y))) -> g#(c(s(x),y)) p2: f#(c(s(x),y)) -> f#(c(x,s(y))) p3: f#(f(x)) -> f#(d(f(x))) and R consists of: r1: g(c(x,s(y))) -> g(c(s(x),y)) r2: f(c(s(x),y)) -> f(c(x,s(y))) r3: f(f(x)) -> f(d(f(x))) r4: f(x) -> 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: g#(c(x,s(y))) -> g#(c(s(x),y)) and R consists of: r1: g(c(x,s(y))) -> g(c(s(x),y)) r2: f(c(s(x),y)) -> f(c(x,s(y))) r3: f(f(x)) -> f(d(f(x))) r4: f(x) -> x The set of usable rules consists of r1 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: g#_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 3} c_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 1, x2 - 18} s_A(x1) = max{3, x1} g_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 5} g#!_A(x1) = max{8, x1 + 2} c!_A(x1,x2) = max{9, x1 + 1} s!_A(x1) = max{7, x1} g!_A(x1) = max{4, x1 - 5} 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: g#_A(x1) = x1 c_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 s_A(x1) = x1 + 2 g_A(x1) = x1 g#!_A(x1) = 4 c!_A(x1,x2) = x2 + 1 s!_A(x1) = 0 g!_A(x1) = 2 partial status: pi(g#) = [1] pi(c) = [1] pi(s) = [1] pi(g) = [] 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#(c(s(x),y)) -> f#(c(x,s(y))) and R consists of: r1: g(c(x,s(y))) -> g(c(s(x),y)) r2: f(c(s(x),y)) -> f(c(x,s(y))) r3: f(f(x)) -> f(d(f(x))) r4: f(x) -> x The set of usable rules consists of r1 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 - 2} c_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 1, x2 - 1} s_A(x1) = max{2, x1} g_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 2} f#!_A(x1) = x1 + 4 c!_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 7, x2 + 6} s!_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 4} g!_A(x1) = 0 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) = x1 c_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 s_A(x1) = x1 + 1 g_A(x1) = x1 f#!_A(x1) = 1 c!_A(x1,x2) = 2 s!_A(x1) = 0 g!_A(x1) = 1 partial status: pi(f#) = [1] pi(c) = [1, 2] pi(s) = [1] pi(g) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.