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