YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) f(s(x),s(y)) -> f(x,s(c(s(y)))) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(x,c(y)) -> f#(x,s(f(y,y))) p2: f#(x,c(y)) -> f#(y,y) p3: f#(s(x),s(y)) -> f#(x,s(c(s(y)))) and R consists of: r1: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) r2: f(s(x),s(y)) -> f(x,s(c(s(y)))) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p2} {p3} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(x,c(y)) -> f#(y,y) and R consists of: r1: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) r2: f(s(x),s(y)) -> f(x,s(c(s(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{x1 - 1, x2 + 2} c_A(x1) = x1 + 1 precedence: f# = c partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(c) = [1] 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,s(c(s(y)))) and R consists of: r1: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) r2: f(s(x),s(y)) -> f(x,s(c(s(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, x1 - 2} s_A(x1) = max{3, x1 + 1} c_A(x1) = max{4, x1 + 1} precedence: f# = s = c partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(s) = [1] pi(c) = [] The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.