Termination w.r.t. Q of the following Term Rewriting System could be proven:

Q restricted rewrite system:
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

merge(x, nil) → x
merge(nil, y) → y
merge(++(x, y), ++(u, v)) → ++(x, merge(y, ++(u, v)))
merge(++(x, y), ++(u, v)) → ++(u, merge(++(x, y), v))

Q is empty.


QTRS
  ↳ DirectTerminationProof

Q restricted rewrite system:
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

merge(x, nil) → x
merge(nil, y) → y
merge(++(x, y), ++(u, v)) → ++(x, merge(y, ++(u, v)))
merge(++(x, y), ++(u, v)) → ++(u, merge(++(x, y), v))

Q is empty.

We use [23] with the following order to prove termination.

Recursive Path Order [2].
Precedence:
[merge2, v] > ++2 > u
nil > u