YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f(a(),f(x,f(f(a(),a()),a()))) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f#(a(),f(x,f(f(a(),a()),a()))) p2: f#(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f#(x,f(f(a(),a()),a())) p3: f#(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f#(f(a(),a()),a()) p4: f#(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f#(a(),a()) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f(a(),f(x,f(f(a(),a()),a()))) 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(),f(a(),x)) -> f#(a(),f(x,f(f(a(),a()),a()))) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f(a(),f(x,f(f(a(),a()),a()))) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: lexicographic combination of reduction pairs: 1. weighted path order base order: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{11, x1 - 5, x2} a_A = 16 f_A(x1,x2) = max{4, x1 - 5, x2 - 3} precedence: a = f > f# partial status: pi(f#) = [2] pi(a) = [] pi(f) = [] 2. weighted path order base order: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = 0 a_A = 20 f_A(x1,x2) = 6 precedence: a > f# = f partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(a) = [] pi(f) = [] The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.