YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(f(x)) -> g(f(x)) g(g(x)) -> f(x) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(f(x)) -> g#(f(x)) p2: g#(g(x)) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(f(x)) -> g(f(x)) r2: g(g(x)) -> 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#(f(x)) -> g#(f(x)) p2: g#(g(x)) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(f(x)) -> g(f(x)) r2: g(g(x)) -> 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 - 17} f_A(x1) = max{18, x1 + 6} g#_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 17} g_A(x1) = max{13, x1 + 5} f#!_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 2} f!_A(x1) = max{12, x1 + 3} g#!_A(x1) = 13 g!_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 1} 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: f#_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 5} f_A(x1) = max{4, x1 + 1} g#_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 5} g_A(x1) = max{3, x1 + 1} f#!_A(x1) = max{2, x1 - 6} f!_A(x1) = max{3, x1 - 5} g#!_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 10} g!_A(x1) = max{3, x1 - 5} partial status: pi(f#) = [1] pi(f) = [1] pi(g#) = [1] pi(g) = [1] The following rules are removed: p1, p2 Then no dependency pair remains.