Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: div(X,e) -> i(X) 2: i(div(X,Y)) -> div(Y,X) 3: div(div(X,Y),Z) -> div(Y,div(i(X),Z)) There are 5 dependency pairs: 4: DIV(X,e) -> I(X) 5: I(div(X,Y)) -> DIV(Y,X) 6: DIV(div(X,Y),Z) -> DIV(Y,div(i(X),Z)) 7: DIV(div(X,Y),Z) -> DIV(i(X),Z) 8: DIV(div(X,Y),Z) -> I(X) The approximated dependency graph contains one SCC: {4-8}. - Consider the SCC {4-8}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [e] = 1, [i](x) = x, [I](x) = x + 1 and [div](x,y) = [DIV](x,y) = x + y + 1, the rules in {2,3,6} are weakly decreasing and the rules in {1,4,5,7,8} are strictly decreasing. There is one new SCC. - Consider the SCC {6}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [e] = 1, [i](x) = x, [DIV](x,y) = x + 1 and [div](x,y) = x + y + 1, the rules in {2,3} are weakly decreasing and the rules in {1,6} are strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.