YES

We show the termination of the TRS R:

  *(x,*(minus(y),y)) -> *(minus(*(y,y)),x)

-- SCC decomposition.

Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of

p1: *#(x,*(minus(y),y)) -> *#(minus(*(y,y)),x)
p2: *#(x,*(minus(y),y)) -> *#(y,y)

and R consists of:

r1: *(x,*(minus(y),y)) -> *(minus(*(y,y)),x)

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,*(minus(y),y)) -> *#(minus(*(y,y)),x)
p2: *#(x,*(minus(y),y)) -> *#(y,y)

and R consists of:

r1: *(x,*(minus(y),y)) -> *(minus(*(y,y)),x)

The set of usable rules consists of

  r1

Take the reduction pair:

  max/plus interpretations on natural numbers:
  
    *#_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 1, x2 + 1}
    *_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 3, x2 + 3}
    minus_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 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,*(minus(y),y)) -> *#(minus(*(y,y)),x)

and R consists of:

r1: *(x,*(minus(y),y)) -> *(minus(*(y,y)),x)

The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs:

  {p1}


-- Reduction pair.

Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of

p1: *#(x,*(minus(y),y)) -> *#(minus(*(y,y)),x)

and R consists of:

r1: *(x,*(minus(y),y)) -> *(minus(*(y,y)),x)

The set of usable rules consists of

  r1

Take the reduction pair:

  max/plus interpretations on natural numbers:
  
    *#_A(x1,x2) = max{2, x1, x2 - 1}
    *_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 9, x2 + 7}
    minus_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 5}

The next rules are strictly ordered:

  p1

We remove them from the problem.  Then no dependency pair remains.