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