YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(a(),x) -> f(g(x),x) h(g(x)) -> h(a()) g(h(x)) -> g(x) h(h(x)) -> x -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(a(),x) -> f#(g(x),x) p2: f#(a(),x) -> g#(x) p3: h#(g(x)) -> h#(a()) p4: g#(h(x)) -> g#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),x) -> f(g(x),x) r2: h(g(x)) -> h(a()) r3: g(h(x)) -> g(x) r4: h(h(x)) -> x The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} {p4} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(a(),x) -> f#(g(x),x) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),x) -> f(g(x),x) r2: h(g(x)) -> h(a()) r3: g(h(x)) -> g(x) r4: h(h(x)) -> x The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2, r3 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 a_A = 3 g_A(x1) = 0 f_A(x1,x2) = max{4, x2 - 1} h_A(x1) = max{5, x1 + 1} base order 2: precedence: f > a > f# > g > h partial status: pi(f#) = [1] pi(a) = [] pi(g) = [] pi(f) = [] pi(h) = [] 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: g#(h(x)) -> g#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),x) -> f(g(x),x) r2: h(g(x)) -> h(a()) r3: g(h(x)) -> g(x) r4: h(h(x)) -> x The set of usable rules consists of r4 Take the reduction pair: generalized weighted path order (>=MG, >MG) base order 1: max/plus interpretation on natural numbers: g#_A(x1) = max{3, x1 - 1} h_A(x1) = max{9, x1 + 5} base order 2: precedence: g# = h partial status: pi(g#) = [] pi(h) = [1] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.