YES

We show the termination of the TRS R:

  f(x,a()) -> x
  f(x,g(y)) -> f(g(x),y)

-- SCC decomposition.

Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of

p1: f#(x,g(y)) -> f#(g(x),y)

and R consists of:

r1: f(x,a()) -> x
r2: f(x,g(y)) -> f(g(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: f#(x,g(y)) -> f#(g(x),y)

and R consists of:

r1: f(x,a()) -> x
r2: f(x,g(y)) -> f(g(x),y)

The set of usable rules consists of

  (no rules)

Take the reduction pair:

  weighted path order
  
    base order:
  
      max/plus interpretations on natural numbers:
      
        f#_A(x1,x2) = max{0, x2 - 2}
        g_A(x1) = max{3, x1 + 1}
  
    precedence:
    
      f# = g
    
    partial status:
  
      pi(f#) = []
      pi(g) = [1]

The next rules are strictly ordered:

  p1

We remove them from the problem.  Then no dependency pair remains.