YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(|0|(),y) -> |0|() f(s(x),y) -> f(f(x,y),y) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(f(x,y),y) p2: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: f(|0|(),y) -> |0|() r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(f(x,y),y) 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(x),y) -> f#(f(x,y),y) p2: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: f(|0|(),y) -> |0|() r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(f(x,y),y) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2 Take the reduction pair: generalized weighted path order (>=MG, >MG) base order 1: max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1} s_A(x1) = x1 + 4 f_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 3 |0|_A = 1 base order 2: precedence: f > s = |0| > f# partial status: pi(f#) = [1] pi(s) = [1] pi(f) = [1] pi(|0|) = [] The following rules are removed: p2 -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(f(x,y),y) and R consists of: r1: f(|0|(),y) -> |0|() r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(f(x,y),y) 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(x),y) -> f#(f(x,y),y) and R consists of: r1: f(|0|(),y) -> |0|() r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(f(x,y),y) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2 Take the reduction pair: generalized weighted path order (>=MG, >MG) base order 1: max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 2 s_A(x1) = 6 f_A(x1,x2) = 3 |0|_A = 1 base order 2: precedence: s > f# > f > |0| partial status: pi(f#) = [1] pi(s) = [] pi(f) = [] pi(|0|) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.