Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: x - 0 -> x 2: 0 - s(y) -> 0 3: s(x) - s(y) -> x - y 4: f(0) -> 0 5: f(s(x)) -> s(x) - g(f(x)) 6: g(0) -> s(0) 7: g(s(x)) -> s(x) - f(g(x)) There are 7 dependency pairs: 8: s(x) -# s(y) -> x -# y 9: F(s(x)) -> s(x) -# g(f(x)) 10: F(s(x)) -> G(f(x)) 11: F(s(x)) -> F(x) 12: G(s(x)) -> s(x) -# f(g(x)) 13: G(s(x)) -> F(g(x)) 14: G(s(x)) -> G(x) The approximated dependency graph contains 2 SCCs: {8} and {10,11,13,14}. - Consider the SCC {8}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [s](x) = x + 1 and [-#](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 8 is strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {10,11,13,14}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [0] = 1 and [-](x,y) = [f](x) = [F](x) = [g](x) = [G](x) = [s](x) = x + 1, the rules in {5-7,10,13} are weakly decreasing and the rules in {1-4,11,14} are strictly decreasing. There is one new SCC. - Consider the SCC {10,13}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [0] = 1, [-](x,y) = [f](x) = x and [F](x) = [g](x) = [G](x) = [s](x) = x + 1, the rules in {1,2,4-6,13} are weakly decreasing and the rules in {3,7,10} are strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.