We are left with following problem, upon which TcT provides the certificate YES(?,O(n^10)). Strict Trs: { f_0(x) -> a() , f_1(x) -> g_1(x, x) , g_1(s(x), y) -> b(f_0(y), g_1(x, y)) , f_2(x) -> g_2(x, x) , g_2(s(x), y) -> b(f_1(y), g_2(x, y)) , f_3(x) -> g_3(x, x) , g_3(s(x), y) -> b(f_2(y), g_3(x, y)) , f_4(x) -> g_4(x, x) , g_4(s(x), y) -> b(f_3(y), g_4(x, y)) , f_5(x) -> g_5(x, x) , g_5(s(x), y) -> b(f_4(y), g_5(x, y)) , f_6(x) -> g_6(x, x) , g_6(s(x), y) -> b(f_5(y), g_6(x, y)) , f_7(x) -> g_7(x, x) , g_7(s(x), y) -> b(f_6(y), g_7(x, y)) , f_8(x) -> g_8(x, x) , g_8(s(x), y) -> b(f_7(y), g_8(x, y)) , f_9(x) -> g_9(x, x) , g_9(s(x), y) -> b(f_8(y), g_9(x, y)) , f_10(x) -> g_10(x, x) , g_10(s(x), y) -> b(f_9(y), g_10(x, y)) } Obligation: innermost runtime complexity Answer: YES(?,O(n^10)) The input was oriented with the instance of 'Small Polynomial Path Order (PS,10-bounded)' as induced by the safe mapping safe(f_0) = {1}, safe(a) = {}, safe(f_1) = {}, safe(g_1) = {}, safe(s) = {1}, safe(b) = {1, 2}, safe(f_2) = {}, safe(g_2) = {}, safe(f_3) = {}, safe(g_3) = {}, safe(f_4) = {}, safe(g_4) = {}, safe(f_5) = {}, safe(g_5) = {}, safe(f_6) = {}, safe(g_6) = {}, safe(f_7) = {}, safe(g_7) = {}, safe(f_8) = {}, safe(g_8) = {}, safe(f_9) = {}, safe(g_9) = {}, safe(f_10) = {}, safe(g_10) = {} and precedence f_1 > g_1, g_1 > f_0, f_2 > g_2, g_2 > f_1, f_3 > g_3, g_3 > f_2, f_4 > g_4, g_4 > f_3, f_5 > g_5, g_5 > f_4, f_6 > g_6, g_6 > f_5, f_7 > g_7, g_7 > f_6, f_8 > g_8, g_8 > f_7, f_9 > g_9, g_9 > f_8, f_10 > g_10, g_10 > f_9 . Following symbols are considered recursive: {g_1, g_2, g_3, g_4, g_5, g_6, g_7, g_8, g_9, g_10} The recursion depth is 10. For your convenience, here are the satisfied ordering constraints: f_0(; x) > a() f_1(x;) > g_1(x, x;) g_1(s(; x), y;) > b(; f_0(; y), g_1(x, y;)) f_2(x;) > g_2(x, x;) g_2(s(; x), y;) > b(; f_1(y;), g_2(x, y;)) f_3(x;) > g_3(x, x;) g_3(s(; x), y;) > b(; f_2(y;), g_3(x, y;)) f_4(x;) > g_4(x, x;) g_4(s(; x), y;) > b(; f_3(y;), g_4(x, y;)) f_5(x;) > g_5(x, x;) g_5(s(; x), y;) > b(; f_4(y;), g_5(x, y;)) f_6(x;) > g_6(x, x;) g_6(s(; x), y;) > b(; f_5(y;), g_6(x, y;)) f_7(x;) > g_7(x, x;) g_7(s(; x), y;) > b(; f_6(y;), g_7(x, y;)) f_8(x;) > g_8(x, x;) g_8(s(; x), y;) > b(; f_7(y;), g_8(x, y;)) f_9(x;) > g_9(x, x;) g_9(s(; x), y;) > b(; f_8(y;), g_9(x, y;)) f_10(x;) > g_10(x, x;) g_10(s(; x), y;) > b(; f_9(y;), g_10(x, y;)) Hurray, we answered YES(?,O(n^10))