YES We show the termination of R/S, where R is f(x,0) -> s(x) g(x) -> h(x,gen) h(0,x) -> f(x,x) a -> b and S is: gen -> s(gen) 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#(x) -> h#(x,gen) h#(0,x) -> f#(x,x) and Q consists of the rules: f(x,0) -> s(x) g(x) -> h(x,gen) h(0,x) -> f(x,x) a -> b gen -> s(gen) The weakly monotone algebra (N, >) with g#_A(x1) = x1 + 2 h#_A(x1,x2) = 1 gen_A = 1 0_A = 1 f#_A(x1,x2) = 0 f_A(x1,x2) = x1 s_A(x1) = 0 g_A(x1) = x1 + 1 h_A(x1,x2) = x2 a_A = 0 b_A = 0 strictly orients the following dependency pairs: g#(x) -> h#(x,gen) h#(0,x) -> f#(x,x) We remove them from the set of dependency pairs. No dependency pair remains.