YES We show the termination of the TRS R: .(.(x,y),z) -> .(x,.(y,z)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(x,.(y,z)) p2: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(y,z) and R consists of: r1: .(.(x,y),z) -> .(x,.(y,z)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(x,.(y,z)) p2: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(y,z) and R consists of: r1: .(.(x,y),z) -> .(x,.(y,z)) 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: .#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 8, x2 - 11} ._A(x1,x2) = max{7, x1 + 3, x2} .#!_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 4 .!_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 1, x2 - 6} 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: .#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x2 - 3} ._A(x1,x2) = 2 .#!_A(x1,x2) = 0 .!_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x2 - 3} partial status: pi(.#) = [] pi(.) = [1] The following rules are removed: p1 -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(y,z) and R consists of: r1: .(.(x,y),z) -> .(x,.(y,z)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: .#(.(x,y),z) -> .#(y,z) and R consists of: r1: .(.(x,y),z) -> .(x,.(y,z)) 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: .#_A(x1,x2) = 0 ._A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 3, x2 - 5} .#!_A(x1,x2) = 0 .!_A(x1,x2) = 0 2. marked-algebra reduction triple (>=A, >=A!, >A!): max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: .#_A(x1,x2) = 0 ._A(x1,x2) = 1 .#!_A(x1,x2) = 1 .!_A(x1,x2) = max{2, x2 - 2} partial status: pi(.#) = [1] pi(.) = [2] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.