Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: not(not(x)) -> x 2: not(or(x,y)) -> and(not(not(not(x))),not(not(not(y)))) 3: not(and(x,y)) -> or(not(not(not(x))),not(not(not(y)))) There are 12 dependency pairs: 4: NOT(or(x,y)) -> NOT(not(not(x))) 5: NOT(or(x,y)) -> NOT(not(x)) 6: NOT(or(x,y)) -> NOT(x) 7: NOT(or(x,y)) -> NOT(not(not(y))) 8: NOT(or(x,y)) -> NOT(not(y)) 9: NOT(or(x,y)) -> NOT(y) 10: NOT(and(x,y)) -> NOT(not(not(x))) 11: NOT(and(x,y)) -> NOT(not(x)) 12: NOT(and(x,y)) -> NOT(x) 13: NOT(and(x,y)) -> NOT(not(not(y))) 14: NOT(and(x,y)) -> NOT(not(y)) 15: NOT(and(x,y)) -> NOT(y) Consider the SCC {4-15}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [not](x) = x, [NOT](x) = x + 1 and [and](x,y) = [or](x,y) = x + y + 1, the rules in {1-3} are weakly decreasing and the rules in {4-15} are strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.