YES We show the termination of R/S, where R is p(0,y) -> y p(s(x),y) -> s(p(x,y)) and S is: p(x,y) -> p(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 p#(s(x),y) -> p#(x,y) and Q consists of the rules: p(0,y) -> y p(s(x),y) -> s(p(x,y)) p(x,y) -> p(x,s(y)) p#(x,y) -> p#(x,s(y)) The weakly monotone algebra (N^2, >_lex) with p#_A((x1,y1),(x2,y2)) = (x1 + x2, y1) s_A((x1,y1)) = (x1, y1 + 1) p_A((x1,y1),(x2,y2)) = (x1 + x2 + 1, y1 + 1) 0_A = (1, 1) strictly orients the following dependency pairs: p#(s(x),y) -> p#(x,y) We remove them from the set of dependency pairs. No dependency pair remains.