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