YES # Compositional critical pair system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022). Consider the left-linear TRS R: f(f(x)) -> f(g(f(x),f(x))) Let C be the following subset of R: (empty) The critical pair system CPS(R,C) is: f(f(f(x0))) -> f(f(g(f(x0),f(x0)))) f(f(f(x0))) -> f(g(f(f(x0)),f(f(x0)))) 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.