Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: x - 0 -> x 2: s(x) - s(y) -> x - y 3: 0 <= y -> true 4: s(x) <= 0 -> false 5: s(x) <= s(y) -> x <= y 6: if(true,x,y) -> x 7: if(false,x,y) -> y 8: perfectp(0) -> false 9: perfectp(s(x)) -> f(x,s(0),s(x),s(x)) 10: f(0,y,0,u) -> true 11: f(0,y,s(z),u) -> false 12: f(s(x),0,z,u) -> f(x,u,z - s(x),u) 13: f(s(x),s(y),z,u) -> if(x <= y,f(s(x),y - x,z,u),f(x,u,z,u)) There are 10 dependency pairs: 14: s(x) -# s(y) -> x -# y 15: s(x) <=# s(y) -> x <=# y 16: PERFECTP(s(x)) -> F(x,s(0),s(x),s(x)) 17: F(s(x),0,z,u) -> F(x,u,z - s(x),u) 18: F(s(x),0,z,u) -> z -# s(x) 19: F(s(x),s(y),z,u) -> IF(x <= y,f(s(x),y - x,z,u),f(x,u,z,u)) 20: F(s(x),s(y),z,u) -> x <=# y 21: F(s(x),s(y),z,u) -> F(s(x),y - x,z,u) 22: F(s(x),s(y),z,u) -> y -# x 23: F(s(x),s(y),z,u) -> F(x,u,z,u) The approximated dependency graph contains 3 SCCs: {14}, {15} and {17,21,23}. - Consider the SCC {14}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [s](x) = x + 1 and [-#](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 14 is strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {15}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [s](x) = x + 1 and [<=#](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 15 is strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {17,21,23}. The usable rules are {1,2}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [0] = 1, [-](x,y) = [s](x) = x + 1 and [F](x,y,z,w) = x + z + w + 1, the rules in {17,21} are weakly decreasing and the rules in {1,2,23} are strictly decreasing. There is one new SCC. - Consider the SCC {17,21}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [0] = 1, [s](x) = x + 1, [F](x,y,z,w) = x + w + 1 and [-](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 21 is weakly decreasing and the rules in {1,2,17} are strictly decreasing. There is one new SCC. - Consider the SCC {21}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [0] = 1, [-](x,y) = x, [s](x) = x + 1 and [F](x,y,z,w) = x + y + z + w + 1, rule 1 is weakly decreasing and the rules in {2,21} are strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.