YES We show the termination of the relative TRS R/S: R: f(g(f(x))) -> f(g(g(g(f(x))))) S: g(x) -> g(g(x)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the non-minimal dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(g(f(x))) -> f#(g(g(g(f(x))))) and R consists of: r1: f(g(f(x))) -> f(g(g(g(f(x))))) r2: g(x) -> g(g(x)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the non-minimal dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(g(f(x))) -> f#(g(g(g(f(x))))) and R consists of: r1: f(g(f(x))) -> f(g(g(g(f(x))))) r2: g(x) -> g(g(x)) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2 Take the reduction pair: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 10} g_A(x1) = max{8, x1 - 3} f_A(x1) = max{15, x1 + 14} The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.