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