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