YES We show the termination of the TRS R: -(-(neg(x),neg(x)),-(neg(y),neg(y))) -> -(-(x,y),-(x,y)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: -#(-(neg(x),neg(x)),-(neg(y),neg(y))) -> -#(-(x,y),-(x,y)) p2: -#(-(neg(x),neg(x)),-(neg(y),neg(y))) -> -#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: -(-(neg(x),neg(x)),-(neg(y),neg(y))) -> -(-(x,y),-(x,y)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: -#(-(neg(x),neg(x)),-(neg(y),neg(y))) -> -#(-(x,y),-(x,y)) p2: -#(-(neg(x),neg(x)),-(neg(y),neg(y))) -> -#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: -(-(neg(x),neg(x)),-(neg(y),neg(y))) -> -(-(x,y),-(x,y)) The set of usable rules consists of r1 Take the reduction pair: lexicographic combination of reduction pairs: 1. weighted path order base order: matrix interpretations: carrier: N^2 order: lexicographic order interpretations: -#_A(x1,x2) = x2 + (1,2) -_A(x1,x2) = ((1,0),(0,0)) x2 + (1,1) neg_A(x1) = ((1,0),(1,1)) x1 + (3,4) precedence: neg > -# = - partial status: pi(-#) = [2] pi(-) = [] pi(neg) = [1] 2. weighted path order base order: matrix interpretations: carrier: N^2 order: lexicographic order interpretations: -#_A(x1,x2) = (0,0) -_A(x1,x2) = (1,1) neg_A(x1) = ((1,0),(1,1)) x1 + (2,2) precedence: -# = - = neg partial status: pi(-#) = [] pi(-) = [] pi(neg) = [1] The next rules are strictly ordered: p2 We remove them from the problem. -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: -#(-(neg(x),neg(x)),-(neg(y),neg(y))) -> -#(-(x,y),-(x,y)) and R consists of: r1: -(-(neg(x),neg(x)),-(neg(y),neg(y))) -> -(-(x,y),-(x,y)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: -#(-(neg(x),neg(x)),-(neg(y),neg(y))) -> -#(-(x,y),-(x,y)) and R consists of: r1: -(-(neg(x),neg(x)),-(neg(y),neg(y))) -> -(-(x,y),-(x,y)) The set of usable rules consists of r1 Take the reduction pair: lexicographic combination of reduction pairs: 1. weighted path order base order: matrix interpretations: carrier: N^2 order: lexicographic order interpretations: -#_A(x1,x2) = ((1,0),(0,0)) x1 + x2 + (1,3) -_A(x1,x2) = x1 + x2 + (2,2) neg_A(x1) = ((1,0),(0,0)) x1 + (1,1) precedence: -# = - = neg partial status: pi(-#) = [] pi(-) = [] pi(neg) = [] 2. weighted path order base order: matrix interpretations: carrier: N^2 order: lexicographic order interpretations: -#_A(x1,x2) = ((0,0),(1,0)) x2 + (1,3) -_A(x1,x2) = ((1,0),(0,0)) x1 + ((0,0),(1,0)) x2 neg_A(x1) = (2,0) precedence: neg > - > -# partial status: pi(-#) = [] pi(-) = [] pi(neg) = [] The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.