YES # Compositional critical pair system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022). Consider the left-linear TRS R: f(g(h(x))) -> g(f(h(g(x)))) f(x) -> x g(x) -> x h(x) -> x Let C be the following subset of R: (empty) The critical pair system CPS(R,C) is: f(g(h(x0))) -> g(f(h(g(x0)))) f(g(h(x0))) -> g(h(x0)) f(g(h(y0))) -> g(h(y0)) f(g(h(y0))) -> g(f(h(g(y0)))) f(g(h(y0))) -> f(h(y0)) f(g(h(y0))) -> f(g(y0)) 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.