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^2, >_lex) with g#_A((x1,y1)) = (x1 + 2, 0) h#_A((x1,y1),(x2,y2)) = (x1 + x2, y1 + y2) gen_A = (1, 1) 0_A = (1, 1) f#_A((x1,y1),(x2,y2)) = (0, 0) f_A((x1,y1),(x2,y2)) = (x1 + 1, 2) s_A((x1,y1)) = (0, 3) g_A((x1,y1)) = (x1 + 4, 0) h_A((x1,y1),(x2,y2)) = (x2 + 2, 1) a_A = (1, 0) b_A = (0, 1) 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.