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