YES We show the termination of the TRS R: pred(s(x)) -> x minus(x,|0|()) -> x minus(x,s(y)) -> pred(minus(x,y)) quot(|0|(),s(y)) -> |0|() quot(s(x),s(y)) -> s(quot(minus(x,y),s(y))) log(s(|0|())) -> |0|() log(s(s(x))) -> s(log(s(quot(x,s(s(|0|())))))) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: minus#(x,s(y)) -> pred#(minus(x,y)) p2: minus#(x,s(y)) -> minus#(x,y) p3: quot#(s(x),s(y)) -> quot#(minus(x,y),s(y)) p4: quot#(s(x),s(y)) -> minus#(x,y) p5: log#(s(s(x))) -> log#(s(quot(x,s(s(|0|()))))) p6: log#(s(s(x))) -> quot#(x,s(s(|0|()))) and R consists of: r1: pred(s(x)) -> x r2: minus(x,|0|()) -> x r3: minus(x,s(y)) -> pred(minus(x,y)) r4: quot(|0|(),s(y)) -> |0|() r5: quot(s(x),s(y)) -> s(quot(minus(x,y),s(y))) r6: log(s(|0|())) -> |0|() r7: log(s(s(x))) -> s(log(s(quot(x,s(s(|0|())))))) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p5} {p3} {p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: log#(s(s(x))) -> log#(s(quot(x,s(s(|0|()))))) and R consists of: r1: pred(s(x)) -> x r2: minus(x,|0|()) -> x r3: minus(x,s(y)) -> pred(minus(x,y)) r4: quot(|0|(),s(y)) -> |0|() r5: quot(s(x),s(y)) -> s(quot(minus(x,y),s(y))) r6: log(s(|0|())) -> |0|() r7: log(s(s(x))) -> s(log(s(quot(x,s(s(|0|())))))) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2, r3, 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: log#_A(x1) = 0 s_A(x1) = max{1, x1} quot_A(x1,x2) = 5 |0|_A = 1 pred_A(x1) = max{3, x1} minus_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 3 log#!_A(x1) = max{14, x1 + 9} s!_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 9} quot!_A(x1,x2) = 0 |0|!_A = 0 pred!_A(x1) = 0 minus!_A(x1,x2) = 0 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: log#_A(x1) = 0 s_A(x1) = max{30, x1 + 17} quot_A(x1,x2) = max{5, x1 + 3} |0|_A = 29 pred_A(x1) = x1 minus_A(x1,x2) = x1 log#!_A(x1) = max{8, x1 - 21} s!_A(x1) = 7 quot!_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 13} |0|!_A = 7 pred!_A(x1) = 17 minus!_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 5, x2 - 1} partial status: pi(log#) = [] pi(s) = [1] pi(quot) = [] pi(|0|) = [] pi(pred) = [1] pi(minus) = [1, 2] 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: quot#(s(x),s(y)) -> quot#(minus(x,y),s(y)) and R consists of: r1: pred(s(x)) -> x r2: minus(x,|0|()) -> x r3: minus(x,s(y)) -> pred(minus(x,y)) r4: quot(|0|(),s(y)) -> |0|() r5: quot(s(x),s(y)) -> s(quot(minus(x,y),s(y))) r6: log(s(|0|())) -> |0|() r7: log(s(s(x))) -> s(log(s(quot(x,s(s(|0|())))))) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2, r3 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: quot#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 11, x2 - 17} s_A(x1) = max{14, x1 + 10} minus_A(x1,x2) = max{9, x1 + 6} pred_A(x1) = max{7, x1 - 10} |0|_A = 0 quot#!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 10 s!_A(x1) = 0 minus!_A(x1,x2) = max{23, x1 + 21, x2 - 15} pred!_A(x1) = max{22, x1 + 10} |0|!_A = 0 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: quot#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 15, x2 - 29} s_A(x1) = max{26, x1 + 14} minus_A(x1,x2) = max{13, x1 + 11, x2 - 28} pred_A(x1) = max{12, x1 - 14} |0|_A = 25 quot#!_A(x1,x2) = max{2, x2 - 11} s!_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 21} minus!_A(x1,x2) = max{16, x1 - 2, x2 + 4} pred!_A(x1) = max{17, x1 - 14} |0|!_A = 3 partial status: pi(quot#) = [] pi(s) = [1] pi(minus) = [1, 2] pi(pred) = [1] pi(|0|) = [] 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: minus#(x,s(y)) -> minus#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: pred(s(x)) -> x r2: minus(x,|0|()) -> x r3: minus(x,s(y)) -> pred(minus(x,y)) r4: quot(|0|(),s(y)) -> |0|() r5: quot(s(x),s(y)) -> s(quot(minus(x,y),s(y))) r6: log(s(|0|())) -> |0|() r7: log(s(s(x))) -> s(log(s(quot(x,s(s(|0|())))))) 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: minus#_A(x1,x2) = 0 s_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 4} minus#!_A(x1,x2) = 0 s!_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 7} 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: minus#_A(x1,x2) = 0 s_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 4} minus#!_A(x1,x2) = 0 s!_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 52} partial status: pi(minus#) = [2] pi(s) = [1] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.