YES We show the termination of the TRS R: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,z)) *(+(x,y),z) -> +(*(x,z),*(y,z)) *(x,|1|()) -> x *(|1|(),y) -> y -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: *#(x,+(y,z)) -> *#(x,y) p2: *#(x,+(y,z)) -> *#(x,z) p3: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(x,z) p4: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(y,z) and R consists of: r1: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,z)) r2: *(+(x,y),z) -> +(*(x,z),*(y,z)) r3: *(x,|1|()) -> x r4: *(|1|(),y) -> y The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2, p3, p4} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: *#(x,+(y,z)) -> *#(x,y) p2: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(y,z) p3: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(x,z) p4: *#(x,+(y,z)) -> *#(x,z) and R consists of: r1: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,z)) r2: *(+(x,y),z) -> +(*(x,z),*(y,z)) r3: *(x,|1|()) -> x r4: *(|1|(),y) -> y The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: *#_A(x1,x2) = x2 + 1 +_A(x1,x2) = max{x1, x2 + 1} The next rules are strictly ordered: p4 We remove them from the problem. -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: *#(x,+(y,z)) -> *#(x,y) p2: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(y,z) p3: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(x,z) and R consists of: r1: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,z)) r2: *(+(x,y),z) -> +(*(x,z),*(y,z)) r3: *(x,|1|()) -> x r4: *(|1|(),y) -> y The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2, p3} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: *#(x,+(y,z)) -> *#(x,y) p2: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(x,z) p3: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(y,z) and R consists of: r1: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,z)) r2: *(+(x,y),z) -> +(*(x,z),*(y,z)) r3: *(x,|1|()) -> x r4: *(|1|(),y) -> y The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: *#_A(x1,x2) = x2 + 2 +_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 1, x2 - 1} The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(x,z) p2: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(y,z) and R consists of: r1: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,z)) r2: *(+(x,y),z) -> +(*(x,z),*(y,z)) r3: *(x,|1|()) -> x r4: *(|1|(),y) -> y The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(x,z) p2: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(y,z) and R consists of: r1: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,z)) r2: *(+(x,y),z) -> +(*(x,z),*(y,z)) r3: *(x,|1|()) -> x r4: *(|1|(),y) -> y The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: *#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + 1 +_A(x1,x2) = max{x1, x2 + 1} The next rules are strictly ordered: p2 We remove them from the problem. -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(x,z) and R consists of: r1: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,z)) r2: *(+(x,y),z) -> +(*(x,z),*(y,z)) r3: *(x,|1|()) -> x r4: *(|1|(),y) -> y The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: *#(+(x,y),z) -> *#(x,z) and R consists of: r1: *(x,+(y,z)) -> +(*(x,y),*(x,z)) r2: *(+(x,y),z) -> +(*(x,z),*(y,z)) r3: *(x,|1|()) -> x r4: *(|1|(),y) -> y The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: *#_A(x1,x2) = x1 +_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 1, x2 + 1} The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.