YES # parallel critical pair closing system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022, Section 8 in LMCS 2023) Consider the left-linear TRS R: Ap(Ap(Ap(S(),x),y),z) -> Ap(Ap(x,z),Ap(y,z)) Ap(Ap(K(),x),y) -> x Ap(I(),x) -> x Let C be the following subset of R: Ap(Ap(K(),x),y) -> x Ap(I(),x) -> x The TRS R is left-linear and all parallel critical pairs are joinable by C. Therefore, the confluence of R is equivalent to that of C. # parallel critical pair closing system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022, Section 8 in LMCS 2023) Consider the left-linear TRS R: Ap(Ap(K(),x),y) -> x Ap(I(),x) -> x Let C be the following subset of R: Ap(I(),x) -> x The TRS R is left-linear and all parallel critical pairs are joinable by C. Therefore, the confluence of R is equivalent to that of C. # parallel critical pair closing system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022, Section 8 in LMCS 2023) Consider the left-linear TRS R: Ap(I(),x) -> x Let C be the following subset of R: (empty) The TRS R is left-linear and all parallel critical pairs are joinable by C. Therefore, the confluence of R is equivalent to that of C. # emptiness The empty TRS is confluent.