YES # Compositional critical pair system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022). Consider the left-linear TRS R: Ap(Ap(Ap(S(),x),y),z) -> Ap(Ap(x,z),Ap(y,z)) Ap(Ap(K(),x),y) -> x Ap(I(),x) -> x Let C be the following subset of R: (empty) The critical pair system CPS(R,C) is: (empty) All pairs in PCP(R) are joinable and PCPS(R,C)/R is terminating. Therefore, the confluence of R follows from that of C. # emptiness The empty TRS is confluent.