YES We show the termination of R/S, where R is f(0,y) -> 0 f(s(x),y) -> f(f(x,y),y) 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(x),y) -> f#(f(x,y),y) f#(s(x),y) -> f#(x,y) and Q consists of the rules: f(0,y) -> 0 f(s(x),y) -> f(f(x,y),y) rand(x) -> x rand(x) -> rand(s(x)) The weakly monotone algebra (N^3, >_lex) with f#_A((x1,y1,z1),(x2,y2,z2)) = (x1 + x2, y1 + y2, z1 + z2) s_A((x1,y1,z1)) = (x1, y1 + 2, z1 + 1) f_A((x1,y1,z1),(x2,y2,z2)) = (x1, y1 + 1, z1 + 2) 0_A = (1, 1, 1) rand_A((x1,y1,z1)) = (x1 + 1, 1, 0) strictly orients the following dependency pairs: f#(s(x),y) -> f#(f(x,y),y) f#(s(x),y) -> f#(x,y) We remove them from the set of dependency pairs. No dependency pair remains.