Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rule
1: a(b(a(x))) -> b(a(b(x)))
There is one dependency pair:
2: A(b(a(x))) -> A(b(x))
The approximated dependency graph contains one SCC:
{2}.
- Consider the SCC {2}.
There are no usable rules.
By taking the polynomial interpretation
[a](x) = [A](x) = [b](x) = x + 1,
rule 2
is strictly decreasing.
Hence the TRS is terminating.