YES We show the termination of the TRS R: app(app(app(compose(),f),g),x) -> app(f,app(g,x)) Instead we prove termination of the uncurried system: app(compose_0(),y) -> compose_1(y) app(compose_1(x1),y) -> compose_2(x1,y) app(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3(x1,x2,y) compose_3(f,g,x) -> app(f,app(g,x)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: app#(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3#(x1,x2,y) p2: compose_3#(f,g,x) -> app#(f,app(g,x)) p3: compose_3#(f,g,x) -> app#(g,x) and R consists of: r1: app(compose_0(),y) -> compose_1(y) r2: app(compose_1(x1),y) -> compose_2(x1,y) r3: app(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3(x1,x2,y) r4: compose_3(f,g,x) -> app(f,app(g,x)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2, p3} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: app#(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3#(x1,x2,y) p2: compose_3#(f,g,x) -> app#(g,x) p3: compose_3#(f,g,x) -> app#(f,app(g,x)) and R consists of: r1: app(compose_0(),y) -> compose_1(y) r2: app(compose_1(x1),y) -> compose_2(x1,y) r3: app(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3(x1,x2,y) r4: compose_3(f,g,x) -> app(f,app(g,x)) The set of usable rules consists of 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: app#_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 13} compose_2_A(x1,x2) = max{12, x1 + 3, x2} compose_3#_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{1, x1 - 10, x2 - 13} app_A(x1,x2) = max{18, x1 + 5, x2} compose_1_A(x1) = max{6, x1 - 2} app#!_A(x1,x2) = max{4, x1 + 3} compose_2!_A(x1,x2) = 2 compose_3#!_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{x1 + 5, x2 + 3} app!_A(x1,x2) = 2 compose_1!_A(x1) = 3 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: app#_A(x1,x2) = x1 compose_2_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 2 compose_3#_A(x1,x2,x3) = x1 + x2 app_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + 1 compose_1_A(x1) = x1 + 3 app#!_A(x1,x2) = 3 compose_2!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 2 compose_3#!_A(x1,x2,x3) = 3 app!_A(x1,x2) = x1 compose_1!_A(x1) = 3 partial status: pi(app#) = [] pi(compose_2) = [] pi(compose_3#) = [] pi(app) = [] pi(compose_1) = [] The following rules are removed: p3 -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: app#(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3#(x1,x2,y) p2: compose_3#(f,g,x) -> app#(g,x) and R consists of: r1: app(compose_0(),y) -> compose_1(y) r2: app(compose_1(x1),y) -> compose_2(x1,y) r3: app(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3(x1,x2,y) r4: compose_3(f,g,x) -> app(f,app(g,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: app#(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3#(x1,x2,y) p2: compose_3#(f,g,x) -> app#(g,x) and R consists of: r1: app(compose_0(),y) -> compose_1(y) r2: app(compose_1(x1),y) -> compose_2(x1,y) r3: app(compose_2(x1,x2),y) -> compose_3(x1,x2,y) r4: compose_3(f,g,x) -> app(f,app(g,x)) 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!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: app#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 8, x2 - 1} compose_2_A(x1,x2) = max{7, x1 + 6, x2 + 5} compose_3#_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{0, x1 - 2, x2 - 8, x3 - 1} app#!_A(x1,x2) = 2 compose_2!_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 4, x2 + 1} compose_3#!_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{3, x1 + 1} 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: app#_A(x1,x2) = 0 compose_2_A(x1,x2) = 2 compose_3#_A(x1,x2,x3) = 0 app#!_A(x1,x2) = 0 compose_2!_A(x1,x2) = x2 + 2 compose_3#!_A(x1,x2,x3) = x2 + 1 partial status: pi(app#) = [1] pi(compose_2) = [2] pi(compose_3#) = [2] The following rules are removed: p1, p2 Then no dependency pair remains.