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