YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(x,f(a(),a())) -> f(f(f(a(),a()),a()),f(a(),x)) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(x,f(a(),a())) -> f#(f(f(a(),a()),a()),f(a(),x)) p2: f#(x,f(a(),a())) -> f#(f(a(),a()),a()) p3: f#(x,f(a(),a())) -> f#(a(),x) and R consists of: r1: f(x,f(a(),a())) -> f(f(f(a(),a()),a()),f(a(),x)) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1, p3} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(x,f(a(),a())) -> f#(f(f(a(),a()),a()),f(a(),x)) p2: f#(x,f(a(),a())) -> f#(a(),x) and R consists of: r1: f(x,f(a(),a())) -> f(f(f(a(),a()),a()),f(a(),x)) 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: f#_A(x1,x2) = ((0,1),(0,0)) x1 + ((0,1),(0,0)) x2 + (2,3) f_A(x1,x2) = ((0,0),(1,0)) x1 a_A() = (2,1) precedence: f# = f = a partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(f) = [] pi(a) = [] 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#(x,f(a(),a())) -> f#(f(f(a(),a()),a()),f(a(),x)) and R consists of: r1: f(x,f(a(),a())) -> f(f(f(a(),a()),a()),f(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#(x,f(a(),a())) -> f#(f(f(a(),a()),a()),f(a(),x)) and R consists of: r1: f(x,f(a(),a())) -> f(f(f(a(),a()),a()),f(a(),x)) 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: f#_A(x1,x2) = ((0,1),(0,1)) x1 + ((1,0),(1,0)) x2 + (2,3) f_A(x1,x2) = ((0,1),(0,0)) x2 + (1,1) a_A() = (6,4) precedence: f# > a > f partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(f) = [] pi(a) = [] The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.