We are left with following problem, upon which TcT provides the certificate YES(?,O(n^1)). Strict Trs: { div2(S(S(x))) -> +(S(0()), div2(x)) , div2(S(0())) -> 0() , div2(0()) -> 0() } Weak Trs: { +(x, S(0())) -> S(x) , +(S(0()), y) -> S(y) } Obligation: innermost runtime complexity Answer: YES(?,O(n^1)) The input was oriented with the instance of 'Small Polynomial Path Order (PS,1-bounded)' as induced by the safe mapping safe(div2) = {}, safe(+) = {1, 2}, safe(S) = {1}, safe(0) = {} and precedence div2 > + . Following symbols are considered recursive: {div2} The recursion depth is 1. For your convenience, here are the satisfied ordering constraints: div2(S(; S(; x));) > +(; S(; 0()), div2(x;)) div2(S(; 0());) > 0() div2(0();) > 0() +(; x, S(; 0())) > S(; x) +(; S(; 0()), y) > S(; y) Hurray, we answered YES(?,O(n^1))