Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: app(app(plus,0),y) -> y 2: app(app(plus,app(s,x)),y) -> app(s,app(app(plus,x),y)) 3: app(app(app(curry,f),x),y) -> app(app(f,x),y) 4: add -> app(curry,plus) There are 6 dependency pairs: 5: APP(app(plus,app(s,x)),y) -> APP(s,app(app(plus,x),y)) 6: APP(app(plus,app(s,x)),y) -> APP(app(plus,x),y) 7: APP(app(plus,app(s,x)),y) -> APP(plus,x) 8: APP(app(app(curry,f),x),y) -> APP(app(f,x),y) 9: APP(app(app(curry,f),x),y) -> APP(f,x) 10: ADD -> APP(curry,plus) The approximated dependency graph contains one SCC: {6,8,9}. - Consider the SCC {6,8,9}. The usable rules are {1-3}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [0] = [curry] = [plus] = [s] = 1 and [app](x,y) = [APP](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 2 is weakly decreasing and the rules in {1,3,6,8,9} are strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.