YES We show the termination of R/S, where R is g(s(x),y) -> g(f(x,y),y) and S is: f(x,y) -> x f(x,y) -> f(x,s(y)) Since R almost dominates S and S is non-duplicating, it is enough to show finiteness of (P, Q). Here P consists of the dependency pairs g#(s(x),y) -> g#(f(x,y),y) and Q consists of the rules: g(s(x),y) -> g(f(x,y),y) f(x,y) -> x f(x,y) -> f(x,s(y)) The weakly monotone algebra (N, >) with g#_A(x1,x2) = x1 s_A(x1) = x1 + 1 f_A(x1,x2) = x1 g_A(x1,x2) = x1 strictly orients the following dependency pairs: g#(s(x),y) -> g#(f(x,y),y) We remove them from the set of dependency pairs. No dependency pair remains.