Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: bin(x,0) -> s(0) 2: bin(0,s(y)) -> 0 3: bin(s(x),s(y)) -> bin(x,s(y)) + bin(x,y) There are 2 dependency pairs: 4: BIN(s(x),s(y)) -> BIN(x,s(y)) 5: BIN(s(x),s(y)) -> BIN(x,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 [BIN](x,y) = x + y + 1, the rules in {4,5} are strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.