YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(x,|0|()) -> s(|0|()) f(s(x),s(y)) -> s(f(x,y)) g(|0|(),x) -> g(f(x,x),x) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(x),s(y)) -> f#(x,y) p2: g#(|0|(),x) -> g#(f(x,x),x) p3: g#(|0|(),x) -> f#(x,x) and R consists of: r1: f(x,|0|()) -> s(|0|()) r2: f(s(x),s(y)) -> s(f(x,y)) r3: g(|0|(),x) -> g(f(x,x),x) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p2} {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: g#(|0|(),x) -> g#(f(x,x),x) and R consists of: r1: f(x,|0|()) -> s(|0|()) r2: f(s(x),s(y)) -> s(f(x,y)) r3: g(|0|(),x) -> g(f(x,x),x) The set of usable rules consists of r1, r2 Take the reduction pair: lexicographic combination of reduction pairs: 1. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: g#_A(x1,x2) = max{2, x1} |0|_A = 3 f_A(x1,x2) = 1 s_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 3} 2. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: g#_A(x1,x2) = 0 |0|_A = 0 f_A(x1,x2) = 2 s_A(x1) = 3 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: f#(s(x),s(y)) -> f#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: f(x,|0|()) -> s(|0|()) r2: f(s(x),s(y)) -> s(f(x,y)) r3: g(|0|(),x) -> g(f(x,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: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{x1, x2} s_A(x1) = max{2, x1 + 1} 2. max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_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.