YES We show the termination of the TRS R: dfib(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib(s(x),dfib(x,y)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: dfib#(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib#(s(x),dfib(x,y)) p2: dfib#(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: dfib(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib(s(x),dfib(x,y)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: dfib#(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib#(s(x),dfib(x,y)) p2: dfib#(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib#(x,y) and R consists of: r1: dfib(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib(s(x),dfib(x,y)) The set of usable rules consists of r1 Take the reduction pair: weighted path order base order: matrix interpretations: carrier: N^2 order: standard order interpretations: dfib#_A(x1,x2) = x1 + (1,0) s_A(x1) = x1 + (2,2) dfib_A(x1,x2) = (1,1) precedence: s > dfib# = dfib partial status: pi(dfib#) = [1] pi(s) = [1] pi(dfib) = [] 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: dfib#(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib#(s(x),dfib(x,y)) and R consists of: r1: dfib(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib(s(x),dfib(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: dfib#(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib#(s(x),dfib(x,y)) and R consists of: r1: dfib(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib(s(x),dfib(x,y)) The set of usable rules consists of r1 Take the reduction pair: weighted path order base order: matrix interpretations: carrier: N^2 order: standard order interpretations: dfib#_A(x1,x2) = ((0,1),(0,0)) x1 + (1,0) s_A(x1) = x1 + (6,2) dfib_A(x1,x2) = (7,1) precedence: dfib# > dfib > s partial status: pi(dfib#) = [] pi(s) = [] pi(dfib) = [] The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.