YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(a(),f(x,a())) -> f(a(),f(f(a(),a()),x)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(a(),f(x,a())) -> f#(a(),f(f(a(),a()),x)) p2: f#(a(),f(x,a())) -> f#(f(a(),a()),x) p3: f#(a(),f(x,a())) -> f#(a(),a()) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),f(x,a())) -> f(a(),f(f(a(),a()),x)) 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(x,a())) -> f#(a(),f(f(a(),a()),x)) and R consists of: r1: f(a(),f(x,a())) -> f(a(),f(f(a(),a()),x)) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: weighted path order base order: matrix interpretations: carrier: N^2 order: standard order interpretations: f#_A(x1,x2) = ((0,1),(0,0)) x2 + (2,4) a_A() = (2,3) f_A(x1,x2) = ((0,0),(1,0)) x1 + ((0,0),(1,0)) x2 + (1,0) precedence: a > f# = f partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(a) = [] pi(f) = [] The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.