YES # Compositional critical pair system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022). Consider the left-linear TRS R: f(f(x,y),z) -> f(x,f(y,z)) f(1(),x) -> x Let C be the following subset of R: (empty) The critical pair system CPS(R,C) is: f(f(f(x0,x1),y1),y2) -> f(f(x0,f(x1,y1)),y2) f(f(f(x0,x1),y1),y2) -> f(f(x0,x1),f(y1,y2)) f(f(1(),y1),y2) -> f(y1,y2) f(f(1(),y1),y2) -> f(1(),f(y1,y2)) 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.