YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(s(X),X) -> f(X,a(X)) f(X,c(X)) -> f(s(X),X) f(X,X) -> c(X) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(X),X) -> f#(X,a(X)) p2: f#(X,c(X)) -> f#(s(X),X) and R consists of: r1: f(s(X),X) -> f(X,a(X)) r2: f(X,c(X)) -> f(s(X),X) r3: f(X,X) -> c(X) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p2} {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(X,c(X)) -> f#(s(X),X) and R consists of: r1: f(s(X),X) -> f(X,a(X)) r2: f(X,c(X)) -> f(s(X),X) r3: f(X,X) -> c(X) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{2, x1, x2 - 1} c_A(x1) = x1 + 4 s_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 1} The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains. -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(X),X) -> f#(X,a(X)) and R consists of: r1: f(s(X),X) -> f(X,a(X)) r2: f(X,c(X)) -> f(s(X),X) r3: f(X,X) -> c(X) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x1 - 3, x2 - 2} s_A(x1) = x1 + 4 a_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 1} The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.