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, >MG) base order 1: max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: times#_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x2} s_A(x1) = max{25, x1} plus_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 2, x2 + 12} times_A(x1,x2) = max{14, x1 - 3, x2 - 32} |0|_A = 13 base order 2: precedence: plus = times > times# = s > |0| partial status: pi(times#) = [2] pi(s) = [1] pi(plus) = [2] pi(times) = [] pi(|0|) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: times#(x,plus(y,s(z))) -> times#(x,s(z)) p2: 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 estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: 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, >MG) base order 1: max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: times#_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 2, x2 + 9} plus_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 40, x2 + 25} s_A(x1) = max{5, x1 - 32} times_A(x1,x2) = max{4, x2 - 6} |0|_A = 3 base order 2: precedence: times# > plus = s = times > |0| partial status: pi(times#) = [2] pi(plus) = [2] pi(s) = [] pi(times) = [] 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: 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 r2 Take the reduction pair: generalized weighted path order (>=MG, >MG) base order 1: max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: plus#_A(x1,x2) = x2 + 2 s_A(x1) = x1 + 25 times_A(x1,x2) = max{22, x1 - 26, x2 - 20} |0|_A = 5 base order 2: precedence: times > s > plus# = |0| partial status: pi(plus#) = [2] pi(s) = [1] pi(times) = [] pi(|0|) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.