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