We are left with following problem, upon which TcT provides the certificate YES(?,O(n^1)). Strict Trs: { f(g(x), s(0()), y) -> f(g(s(0())), y, g(x)) , g(s(x)) -> s(g(x)) , g(0()) -> 0() } Obligation: innermost runtime complexity Answer: YES(?,O(n^1)) The problem is match-bounded by 1. The enriched problem is compatible with the following automaton. { f_0(2, 2, 2) -> 1 , g_0(2) -> 1 , g_1(2) -> 3 , s_0(2) -> 2 , s_1(3) -> 1 , s_1(3) -> 3 , 0_0() -> 2 , 0_1() -> 1 , 0_1() -> 3 } Hurray, we answered YES(?,O(n^1))