YES Problem: f(f(x)) -> f(g(f(x),f(x))) Proof: Church Rosser Transformation Processor (critical pair closing system, Thm 2.11): f(f(g(x11,x13))) -> f(g(f(g(x11,x13)),f(g(x11,x13)))) f(f(x14)) -> f(g(f(x14),f(x14))) critical peaks: joinable Matrix Interpretation Processor: dim=2 interpretation: [1 0] [1 0] [1] [g](x0, x1) = [0 0]x0 + [0 0]x1 + [0], [1 1] [0] [f](x0) = [1 1]x0 + [2] orientation: [2 0] [2 0] [4] [2 0] [2 0] [3] f(f(g(x11,x13))) = [2 0]x11 + [2 0]x13 + [6] >= [2 0]x11 + [2 0]x13 + [5] = f(g(f(g(x11,x13)),f(g(x11,x13)))) [2 2] [2] [2 2] [1] f(f(x14)) = [2 2]x14 + [4] >= [2 2]x14 + [3] = f(g(f(x14),f(x14))) problem: Qed