YES # Compositional critical pair system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022). Consider the left-linear TRS R: -(0(),x) -> 0() -(x,0()) -> x -(s(x),s(y)) -> -(x,y) Let C be the following subset of R: (empty) The critical pair system CPS(R,C) is: -(0(),0()) -> 0() 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.