Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: le(0,y) -> true 2: le(s(x),0) -> false 3: le(s(x),s(y)) -> le(x,y) 4: minus(x,0) -> x 5: minus(s(x),s(y)) -> minus(x,y) 6: gcd(0,y) -> y 7: gcd(s(x),0) -> s(x) 8: gcd(s(x),s(y)) -> if_gcd(le(y,x),s(x),s(y)) 9: if_gcd(true,s(x),s(y)) -> gcd(minus(x,y),s(y)) 10: if_gcd(false,s(x),s(y)) -> gcd(minus(y,x),s(x)) There are 8 dependency pairs: 11: LE(s(x),s(y)) -> LE(x,y) 12: MINUS(s(x),s(y)) -> MINUS(x,y) 13: GCD(s(x),s(y)) -> IF_GCD(le(y,x),s(x),s(y)) 14: GCD(s(x),s(y)) -> LE(y,x) 15: IF_GCD(true,s(x),s(y)) -> GCD(minus(x,y),s(y)) 16: IF_GCD(true,s(x),s(y)) -> MINUS(x,y) 17: IF_GCD(false,s(x),s(y)) -> GCD(minus(y,x),s(x)) 18: IF_GCD(false,s(x),s(y)) -> MINUS(y,x) The approximated dependency graph contains 3 SCCs: {11}, {12} and {13,15,17}. - Consider the SCC {11}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [s](x) = x + 1 and [LE](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 11 is strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {12}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [s](x) = x + 1 and [MINUS](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 12 is strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {13,15,17}. The usable rules are {1-5}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [0] = [false] = [true] = 1, [minus](x,y) = x, [s](x) = x + 1, [GCD](x,y) = [le](x,y) = x + y + 1 and [IF_GCD](x,y,z) = y + z + 1, the rules in {4,13} are weakly decreasing and the rules in {1-3,5,15,17} are strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.