YES We show the termination of the TRS R: times(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> plus(times(x,plus(y,times(s(z),|0|()))),times(x,s(z))) times(x,|0|()) -> |0|() times(x,s(y)) -> plus(times(x,y),x) plus(x,|0|()) -> x plus(x,s(y)) -> s(plus(x,y)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: times#(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> plus#(times(x,plus(y,times(s(z),|0|()))),times(x,s(z))) p2: times#(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> times#(x,plus(y,times(s(z),|0|()))) p3: times#(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> plus#(y,times(s(z),|0|())) p4: times#(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> times#(s(z),|0|()) p5: times#(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> times#(x,s(z)) p6: times#(x,s(y)) -> plus#(times(x,y),x) p7: times#(x,s(y)) -> times#(x,y) p8: plus#(x,s(y)) -> plus#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: times(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> plus(times(x,plus(y,times(s(z),|0|()))),times(x,s(z))) r2: times(x,|0|()) -> |0|() r3: times(x,s(y)) -> plus(times(x,y),x) r4: plus(x,|0|()) -> x r5: plus(x,s(y)) -> s(plus(x,y)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p2, p5, p7} {p8} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: times#(x,s(y)) -> times#(x,y) p2: times#(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> times#(x,s(z)) p3: times#(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> times#(x,plus(y,times(s(z),|0|()))) and R consists of: r1: times(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> plus(times(x,plus(y,times(s(z),|0|()))),times(x,s(z))) r2: times(x,|0|()) -> |0|() r3: times(x,s(y)) -> plus(times(x,y),x) r4: plus(x,|0|()) -> x r5: plus(x,s(y)) -> s(plus(x,y)) The set of usable rules consists of r2, r4, r5 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: times#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 21, x2 - 25} s_A(x1) = max{5, x1} plus_A(x1,x2) = max{92, x1 + 19, x2 + 1} times_A(x1,x2) = max{91, x2 - 42} |0|_A = 65 times#!_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x2 - 17} s!_A(x1) = max{8, x1 - 15} plus!_A(x1,x2) = max{104, x1 + 14, x2 - 5} times!_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 - 43, x2 + 10} |0|!_A = 103 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: times#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 7, x2 - 8} s_A(x1) = max{41, x1} plus_A(x1,x2) = max{7, x1 + 1, x2} times_A(x1,x2) = max{29, x1 - 39, x2 - 11} |0|_A = 20 times#!_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 66, x2 + 38} s!_A(x1) = 0 plus!_A(x1,x2) = x2 + 2 times!_A(x1,x2) = max{87, x2 + 45} |0|!_A = 44 partial status: pi(times#) = [2] pi(s) = [1] pi(plus) = [1, 2] pi(times) = [2] pi(|0|) = [] The following rules are removed: p1, p2, p3 Then no dependency pair remains. -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: plus#(x,s(y)) -> plus#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: times(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> plus(times(x,plus(y,times(s(z),|0|()))),times(x,s(z))) r2: times(x,|0|()) -> |0|() r3: times(x,s(y)) -> plus(times(x,y),x) r4: plus(x,|0|()) -> x r5: plus(x,s(y)) -> s(plus(x,y)) 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: plus#_A(x1,x2) = 0 s_A(x1) = max{11, x1 - 15} plus#!_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x2 - 12} s!_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 11} 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: plus#_A(x1,x2) = 0 s_A(x1) = max{12, x1 - 5} plus#!_A(x1,x2) = max{2, x1 - 1, x2 - 13} s!_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 112} partial status: pi(plus#) = [2] pi(s) = [1] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.