YES

We show the termination of the TRS R:

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

-- SCC decomposition.

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

p1: f#(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f#(a(),f(f(a(),x),f(a(),a())))
p2: f#(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f#(f(a(),x),f(a(),a()))
p3: f#(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f#(a(),a())

and R consists of:

r1: f(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f(a(),f(f(a(),x),f(a(),a())))

The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs:

  {p1, p2}


-- Reduction pair.

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

p1: f#(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f#(a(),f(f(a(),x),f(a(),a())))
p2: f#(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f#(f(a(),x),f(a(),a()))

and R consists of:

r1: f(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f(a(),f(f(a(),x),f(a(),a())))

The set of usable rules consists of

  r1

Take the reduction pair:

  weighted path order
  
    base order:
  
      max/plus interpretations on natural numbers:
      
        f#_A(x1,x2) = max{10, x1 + 6, x2 + 7}
        a_A = 6
        f_A(x1,x2) = 2
  
    precedence:
    
      f# = a = f
    
    partial status:
  
      pi(f#) = [2]
      pi(a) = []
      pi(f) = []

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: f#(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f#(a(),f(f(a(),x),f(a(),a())))

and R consists of:

r1: f(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f(a(),f(f(a(),x),f(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(f(a(),x),f(a(),a())))

and R consists of:

r1: f(a(),f(a(),x)) -> f(a(),f(f(a(),x),f(a(),a())))

The set of usable rules consists of

  r1

Take the reduction pair:

  weighted path order
  
    base order:
  
      max/plus interpretations on natural numbers:
      
        f#_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 11, x2 + 18}
        a_A = 9
        f_A(x1,x2) = max{3, x1 - 4}
  
    precedence:
    
      f# = a = f
    
    partial status:
  
      pi(f#) = [2]
      pi(a) = []
      pi(f) = []

The next rules are strictly ordered:

  p1

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