YES We show the termination of R/S, where R is f(0) -> s(0) f(s(0)) -> s(0) f(s(s(x))) -> f(f(s(x))) and S is: rand(x) -> x rand(x) -> rand(s(x)) 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 f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(f(s(x))) f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(s(x)) and Q consists of the rules: f(0) -> s(0) f(s(0)) -> s(0) f(s(s(x))) -> f(f(s(x))) rand(x) -> x rand(x) -> rand(s(x)) The weakly monotone algebra (N^2, >_lex) with f#_A((x1,y1)) = (x1, y1) s_A((x1,y1)) = (x1, y1 + 2) f_A((x1,y1)) = (x1, 3) 0_A = (1, 1) rand_A((x1,y1)) = (x1 + 1, 0) strictly orients the following dependency pairs: f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(f(s(x))) f#(s(s(x))) -> f#(s(x)) We remove them from the set of dependency pairs. No dependency pair remains.