YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(a(),h(x)) -> f(g(x),h(x)) h(g(x)) -> h(a()) g(h(x)) -> g(x) h(h(x)) -> x -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(a(),h(x)) -> f#(g(x),h(x)) p2: f#(a(),h(x)) -> g#(x) p3: h#(g(x)) -> h#(a()) p4: g#(h(x)) -> g#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),h(x)) -> f(g(x),h(x)) r2: h(g(x)) -> h(a()) r3: g(h(x)) -> g(x) r4: h(h(x)) -> x The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} {p4} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(a(),h(x)) -> f#(g(x),h(x)) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),h(x)) -> f(g(x),h(x)) r2: h(g(x)) -> h(a()) r3: g(h(x)) -> g(x) r4: h(h(x)) -> x The set of usable rules consists of r2, r3, r4 Take the reduction pair: lexicographic combination of reduction pairs: 1. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1} a_A = 2 h_A(x1) = max{3, x1 + 1} g_A(x1) = 0 2. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = 0 a_A = 0 h_A(x1) = 0 g_A(x1) = 2 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: g#(h(x)) -> g#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),h(x)) -> f(g(x),h(x)) r2: h(g(x)) -> h(a()) r3: g(h(x)) -> g(x) r4: h(h(x)) -> x The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: lexicographic combination of reduction pairs: 1. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: g#_A(x1) = x1 h_A(x1) = max{2, x1 + 1} 2. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: g#_A(x1) = x1 h_A(x1) = 0 The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.