YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) f(s(x),y) -> f(x,s(c(y))) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(x,c(y)) -> f#(x,s(f(y,y))) p2: f#(x,c(y)) -> f#(y,y) p3: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(x,s(c(y))) and R consists of: r1: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(x,s(c(y))) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p2} {p3} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(x,c(y)) -> f#(y,y) and R consists of: r1: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(x,s(c(y))) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: matrix interpretations: carrier: N^4 order: lexicographic order interpretations: f#_A(x1,x2) = ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(1,1,1,1)) x2 c_A(x1) = ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(1,1,1,1)) x1 + (1,0,1,1) The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains. -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(x,s(c(y))) and R consists of: r1: f(x,c(y)) -> f(x,s(f(y,y))) r2: f(s(x),y) -> f(x,s(c(y))) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: matrix interpretations: carrier: N^4 order: lexicographic order interpretations: f#_A(x1,x2) = ((1,0,0,0),(1,0,0,0),(0,0,0,0),(1,0,0,0)) x1 + ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(1,0,0,0),(1,0,0,0)) x2 s_A(x1) = ((1,0,0,0),(0,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,1,0,0)) x1 + (2,1,1,1) c_A(x1) = ((1,0,0,0),(1,1,0,0),(0,0,0,0),(1,1,1,0)) x1 + (0,1,1,1) The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.