YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(a(),y) -> f(y,g(y)) g(a()) -> b() g(b()) -> b() -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(a(),y) -> f#(y,g(y)) p2: f#(a(),y) -> g#(y) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),y) -> f(y,g(y)) r2: g(a()) -> b() r3: g(b()) -> b() The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(a(),y) -> f#(y,g(y)) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),y) -> f(y,g(y)) r2: g(a()) -> b() r3: g(b()) -> b() The set of usable rules consists of r2, r3 Take the reduction pair: lexicographic combination of reduction pairs: 1. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{3, x1, x2 + 1} a_A = 4 g_A(x1) = max{1, x1 - 1} b_A = 0 2. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = 0 a_A = 2 g_A(x1) = 1 b_A = 0 The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.