Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: 0 + y -> y 2: s(x) + y -> s(x + y) 3: s(x) + y -> x + s(y) There are 2 dependency pairs: 4: s(x) +# y -> x +# y 5: s(x) +# y -> x +# s(y) The approximated dependency graph contains one SCC: {4,5}. - Consider the SCC {4,5}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [s](x) = x + 1 and [+#](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 5 is weakly decreasing and rule 4 is strictly decreasing. There is one new SCC. - Consider the SCC {5}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [+#](x,y) = [s](x) = x + 1, rule 5 is strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.