YES # Compositional parallel rule labeling (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022). Consider the left-linear TRS R: F(c(x)) -> G(x) G(x) -> F(x) c(x) -> x Let C be the following subset of R: (empty) All parallel critical peaks (except C's) are decreasing wrt rule labeling: phi(F(c(x)) -> G(x)) = 2 phi(G(x) -> F(x)) = 1 phi(c(x) -> x) = 2 psi(F(c(x)) -> G(x)) = 2 psi(G(x) -> F(x)) = 1 psi(c(x) -> x) = 2 Therefore, the confluence of R follows from that of C. # Compositional parallel critical pair system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022). Consider the left-linear TRS R: (empty) Let C be the following subset of R: (empty) The parallel critical pair system PCPS(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.