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