Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: and(x,false) -> false 2: and(x,not(false)) -> x 3: not(not(x)) -> x 4: implies(false,y) -> not(false) 5: implies(x,false) -> not(x) 6: implies(not(x),not(y)) -> implies(y,and(x,y)) There are 4 dependency pairs: 7: IMPLIES(false,y) -> NOT(false) 8: IMPLIES(x,false) -> NOT(x) 9: IMPLIES(not(x),not(y)) -> IMPLIES(y,and(x,y)) 10: IMPLIES(not(x),not(y)) -> AND(x,y) The approximated dependency graph contains one SCC: {9}. - Consider the SCC {9}. The usable rules are {1,2}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [false] = 1, [and](x,y) = [not](x) = x + 1 and [IMPLIES](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 1 is weakly decreasing and the rules in {2,9} are strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.