YES We show the termination of the TRS R: cond1(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,y,z) cond2(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,p(y),z) cond2(false(),x,y,z) -> cond1(gr(x,z),p(x),y,z) gr(|0|(),x) -> false() gr(s(x),|0|()) -> true() gr(s(x),s(y)) -> gr(x,y) p(|0|()) -> |0|() p(s(x)) -> x -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: cond1#(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2#(gr(y,z),x,y,z) p2: cond1#(true(),x,y,z) -> gr#(y,z) p3: cond2#(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2#(gr(y,z),x,p(y),z) p4: cond2#(true(),x,y,z) -> gr#(y,z) p5: cond2#(true(),x,y,z) -> p#(y) p6: cond2#(false(),x,y,z) -> cond1#(gr(x,z),p(x),y,z) p7: cond2#(false(),x,y,z) -> gr#(x,z) p8: cond2#(false(),x,y,z) -> p#(x) p9: gr#(s(x),s(y)) -> gr#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: cond1(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,y,z) r2: cond2(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,p(y),z) r3: cond2(false(),x,y,z) -> cond1(gr(x,z),p(x),y,z) r4: gr(|0|(),x) -> false() r5: gr(s(x),|0|()) -> true() r6: gr(s(x),s(y)) -> gr(x,y) r7: p(|0|()) -> |0|() r8: p(s(x)) -> x The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p3, p6} {p9} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: cond1#(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2#(gr(y,z),x,y,z) p2: cond2#(false(),x,y,z) -> cond1#(gr(x,z),p(x),y,z) p3: cond2#(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2#(gr(y,z),x,p(y),z) and R consists of: r1: cond1(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,y,z) r2: cond2(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,p(y),z) r3: cond2(false(),x,y,z) -> cond1(gr(x,z),p(x),y,z) r4: gr(|0|(),x) -> false() r5: gr(s(x),|0|()) -> true() r6: gr(s(x),s(y)) -> gr(x,y) r7: p(|0|()) -> |0|() r8: p(s(x)) -> x The set of usable rules consists of r4, r5, r6, r7, r8 Take the reduction pair: lexicographic combination of reduction pairs: 1. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: cond1#_A(x1,x2,x3,x4) = x3 + 10 true_A = 15 cond2#_A(x1,x2,x3,x4) = max{x1 + 1, x3 + 10} gr_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 4} false_A = 0 p_A(x1) = max{5, x1 - 6} |0|_A = 5 s_A(x1) = max{21, x1 + 20} 2. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: cond1#_A(x1,x2,x3,x4) = 0 true_A = 0 cond2#_A(x1,x2,x3,x4) = 0 gr_A(x1,x2) = 1 false_A = 1 p_A(x1) = 1 |0|_A = 0 s_A(x1) = 0 The next rules are strictly ordered: p3 We remove them from the problem. -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: cond1#(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2#(gr(y,z),x,y,z) p2: cond2#(false(),x,y,z) -> cond1#(gr(x,z),p(x),y,z) and R consists of: r1: cond1(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,y,z) r2: cond2(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,p(y),z) r3: cond2(false(),x,y,z) -> cond1(gr(x,z),p(x),y,z) r4: gr(|0|(),x) -> false() r5: gr(s(x),|0|()) -> true() r6: gr(s(x),s(y)) -> gr(x,y) r7: p(|0|()) -> |0|() r8: p(s(x)) -> 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: cond1#(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2#(gr(y,z),x,y,z) p2: cond2#(false(),x,y,z) -> cond1#(gr(x,z),p(x),y,z) and R consists of: r1: cond1(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,y,z) r2: cond2(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,p(y),z) r3: cond2(false(),x,y,z) -> cond1(gr(x,z),p(x),y,z) r4: gr(|0|(),x) -> false() r5: gr(s(x),|0|()) -> true() r6: gr(s(x),s(y)) -> gr(x,y) r7: p(|0|()) -> |0|() r8: p(s(x)) -> x The set of usable rules consists of r4, r5, r6, r7, r8 Take the reduction pair: lexicographic combination of reduction pairs: 1. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: cond1#_A(x1,x2,x3,x4) = max{x1 - 3, x2 + 1} true_A = 5 cond2#_A(x1,x2,x3,x4) = max{1, x2 - 1} gr_A(x1,x2) = max{4, x1 + 1} false_A = 0 p_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 3} |0|_A = 0 s_A(x1) = max{6, x1 + 5} 2. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: cond1#_A(x1,x2,x3,x4) = 0 true_A = 0 cond2#_A(x1,x2,x3,x4) = 1 gr_A(x1,x2) = 1 false_A = 0 p_A(x1) = 0 |0|_A = 0 s_A(x1) = 0 The next rules are strictly ordered: p1, p2 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: gr#(s(x),s(y)) -> gr#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: cond1(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,y,z) r2: cond2(true(),x,y,z) -> cond2(gr(y,z),x,p(y),z) r3: cond2(false(),x,y,z) -> cond1(gr(x,z),p(x),y,z) r4: gr(|0|(),x) -> false() r5: gr(s(x),|0|()) -> true() r6: gr(s(x),s(y)) -> gr(x,y) r7: p(|0|()) -> |0|() r8: p(s(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: gr#_A(x1,x2) = max{x1, x2} s_A(x1) = max{2, x1 + 1} 2. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: gr#_A(x1,x2) = 0 s_A(x1) = 0 The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.