Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: g(0,f(x,x)) -> x 2: g(x,s(y)) -> g(f(x,y),0) 3: g(s(x),y) -> g(f(x,y),0) 4: g(f(x,y),0) -> f(g(x,0),g(y,0)) There are 4 dependency pairs: 5: G(x,s(y)) -> G(f(x,y),0) 6: G(s(x),y) -> G(f(x,y),0) 7: G(f(x,y),0) -> G(x,0) 8: G(f(x,y),0) -> G(y,0) The approximated dependency graph contains one SCC: {6-8}. - Consider the SCC {6-8}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [0] = 0, [s](x) = x + 1 and [f](x,y) = [G](x,y) = x + y + 1, rule 6 is weakly decreasing and the rules in {7,8} are strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.