YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(x,g(x)) -> x f(x,h(y)) -> f(h(x),y) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(x,h(y)) -> f#(h(x),y) and R consists of: r1: f(x,g(x)) -> x r2: f(x,h(y)) -> f(h(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,h(y)) -> f#(h(x),y) and R consists of: r1: f(x,g(x)) -> x r2: f(x,h(y)) -> f(h(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} h_A(x1) = max{3, x1 + 1} precedence: f# = h partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(h) = [1] The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.