We are left with following problem, upon which TcT provides the certificate YES(?,O(n^1)). Strict Trs: { g(S(x), y) -> g(x, S(y)) , g(0(), x2) -> x2 , f(y, S(x)) -> f(S(y), x) , f(x1, 0()) -> g(x1, 0()) } Obligation: innermost runtime complexity Answer: YES(?,O(n^1)) The problem is match-bounded by 2. The enriched problem is compatible with the following automaton. { g_0(2, 2) -> 1 , g_0(2, 4) -> 1 , g_0(4, 2) -> 1 , g_0(4, 4) -> 1 , g_1(2, 5) -> 1 , g_1(2, 6) -> 3 , g_1(4, 5) -> 1 , g_1(4, 6) -> 3 , g_1(5, 6) -> 3 , g_2(2, 7) -> 3 , g_2(4, 7) -> 3 , g_2(5, 7) -> 3 , S_0(2) -> 1 , S_0(2) -> 2 , S_0(4) -> 1 , S_0(4) -> 2 , S_1(2) -> 1 , S_1(2) -> 5 , S_1(4) -> 1 , S_1(4) -> 5 , S_1(5) -> 1 , S_1(5) -> 5 , S_1(6) -> 3 , S_1(6) -> 6 , S_1(7) -> 3 , S_1(7) -> 6 , S_2(6) -> 3 , S_2(6) -> 7 , S_2(7) -> 3 , S_2(7) -> 7 , f_0(2, 2) -> 3 , f_0(2, 4) -> 3 , f_0(4, 2) -> 3 , f_0(4, 4) -> 3 , f_1(5, 2) -> 3 , f_1(5, 4) -> 3 , 0_0() -> 1 , 0_0() -> 4 , 0_1() -> 3 , 0_1() -> 6 } Hurray, we answered YES(?,O(n^1))