Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: p(f(f(x))) -> q(f(g(x))) 2: p(g(g(x))) -> q(g(f(x))) 3: q(f(f(x))) -> p(f(g(x))) 4: q(g(g(x))) -> p(g(f(x))) There are 4 dependency pairs: 5: P(f(f(x))) -> Q(f(g(x))) 6: P(g(g(x))) -> Q(g(f(x))) 7: Q(f(f(x))) -> P(f(g(x))) 8: Q(g(g(x))) -> P(g(f(x))) The approximated dependency graph contains no SCCs and hence the TRS is trivially terminating.