YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(f(a(),a()),x) -> f(x,f(a(),f(a(),f(a(),a())))) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(f(a(),a()),x) -> f#(x,f(a(),f(a(),f(a(),a())))) p2: f#(f(a(),a()),x) -> f#(a(),f(a(),f(a(),a()))) p3: f#(f(a(),a()),x) -> f#(a(),f(a(),a())) and R consists of: r1: f(f(a(),a()),x) -> f(x,f(a(),f(a(),f(a(),a())))) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(f(a(),a()),x) -> f#(x,f(a(),f(a(),f(a(),a())))) and R consists of: r1: f(f(a(),a()),x) -> f(x,f(a(),f(a(),f(a(),a())))) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{6, x1 - 1, x2} f_A(x1,x2) = max{5, x1 - 16, x2 - 6} a_A = 19 The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.