Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: x + 0 -> x 2: 0 + x -> x 3: s(x) + s(y) -> s(s(x + y)) 4: x * 0 -> 0 5: 0 * x -> 0 6: s(x) * s(y) -> s((x * y) + (x + y)) 7: sum(nil) -> 0 8: sum(cons(x,l)) -> x + sum(l) 9: prod(nil) -> s(0) 10: prod(cons(x,l)) -> x * prod(l) There are 8 dependency pairs: 11: s(x) +# s(y) -> x +# y 12: s(x) *# s(y) -> (x * y) +# (x + y) 13: s(x) *# s(y) -> x *# y 14: s(x) *# s(y) -> x +# y 15: SUM(cons(x,l)) -> x +# sum(l) 16: SUM(cons(x,l)) -> SUM(l) 17: PROD(cons(x,l)) -> x *# prod(l) 18: PROD(cons(x,l)) -> PROD(l) The approximated dependency graph contains 4 SCCs: {11}, {13}, {18} and {16}. - Consider the SCC {11}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [s](x) = x + 1 and [+#](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 11 is strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {13}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [s](x) = x + 1 and [*#](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 13 is strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {18}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [PROD](x) = x + 1 and [cons](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 18 is strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {16}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [SUM](x) = x + 1 and [cons](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 16 is strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.