Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: quot(0,s(y),s(z)) -> 0 2: quot(s(x),s(y),z) -> quot(x,y,z) 3: quot(x,0,s(z)) -> s(quot(x,s(z),s(z))) There are 2 dependency pairs: 4: QUOT(s(x),s(y),z) -> QUOT(x,y,z) 5: QUOT(x,0,s(z)) -> QUOT(x,s(z),s(z)) The approximated dependency graph contains one SCC: {4,5}. - Consider the SCC {4,5}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [0] = 1, [s](x) = x + 1 and [QUOT](x,y,z) = x + z + 1, rule 5 is weakly decreasing and rule 4 is strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.