YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(x) -> s(x) f(s(s(x))) -> s(f(f(x))) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(f(x)) p2: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(x) -> s(x) r2: f(s(s(x))) -> s(f(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#(s(s(x))) -> f#(f(x)) p2: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(x) -> s(x) r2: f(s(s(x))) -> s(f(f(x))) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2 Take the monotone reduction pair: generalized weighted path order (>=MG, >MG) base order 1: matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: f#_A(x1) = x1 + 1 s_A(x1) = x1 + 2 f_A(x1) = x1 + 2 base order 2: precedence: f > s > f# partial status: pi(f#) = [1] pi(s) = [1] pi(f) = [1] The following rules are removed: p2 -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(f(x)) and R consists of: r1: f(x) -> s(x) r2: f(s(s(x))) -> s(f(f(x))) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(f(x)) and R consists of: r1: f(x) -> s(x) r2: f(s(s(x))) -> s(f(f(x))) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2 Take the reduction pair: generalized weighted path order (>=MG, >MG) base order 1: matrix interpretation with standard point-wise order: carrier: N^1 order: standard order interpretations: f#_A(x1) = x1 s_A(x1) = x1 + 1 f_A(x1) = x1 + 1 base order 2: precedence: f# = s = f partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(s) = [1] pi(f) = [1] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.