YES We show the termination of R/S, where R is T(I(x),y) -> T(x,y) and S is: T(x,y) -> T(x,I(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 T#(I(x),y) -> T#(x,y) and Q consists of the rules: T(I(x),y) -> T(x,y) T(x,y) -> T(x,I(y)) T#(x,y) -> T#(x,I(y)) The weakly monotone algebra (N, >) with T#_A(x1,x2) = x1 I_A(x1) = x1 + 1 T_A(x1,x2) = 0 strictly orients the following dependency pairs: T#(I(x),y) -> T#(x,y) We remove them from the set of dependency pairs. No dependency pair remains.