Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: 1 . x -> x 2: x . 1 -> x 3: i(x) . x -> 1 4: x . i(x) -> 1 5: i(1) -> 1 6: i(i(x)) -> x 7: i(y) . (y . z) -> z 8: y . (i(y) . z) -> z 9: (x . y) . z -> x . (y . z) 10: i(x . y) -> i(y) . i(x) There are 5 dependency pairs: 11: (x . y) .# z -> x .# (y . z) 12: (x . y) .# z -> y .# z 13: I(x . y) -> i(y) .# i(x) 14: I(x . y) -> I(y) 15: I(x . y) -> I(x) The approximated dependency graph contains 2 SCCs: {11,12} and {14,15}. - Consider the SCC {11,12}. The usable rules are {1-4,7-9}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [1] = 1, [i](x) = x + 1 and [.](x,y) = [.#](x,y) = x + y + 1, the rules in {9,11} are weakly decreasing and the rules in {1-4,7,8,12} are strictly decreasing. There is one new SCC. - Consider the SCC {11}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [1] = 1, [.#](x,y) = [i](x) = x + 1 and [.](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 9 is weakly decreasing and the rules in {1-4,7,8,11} are strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {14,15}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [I](x) = x + 1 and [.](x,y) = x + y + 1, the rules in {14,15} are strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.