YES(?,PRIMREC) We are left with following problem, upon which TcT provides the certificate YES(?,PRIMREC). Strict Trs: { a__c() -> a__f(g(c())) , a__c() -> c() , a__f(X) -> f(X) , a__f(g(X)) -> g(X) , mark(g(X)) -> g(X) , mark(c()) -> a__c() , mark(f(X)) -> a__f(X) } Obligation: innermost runtime complexity Answer: YES(?,PRIMREC) The input was oriented with the instance of'multiset path order' as induced by the precedence a__c > a__f, a__c > g, a__c > c, a__c > f, a__f > f, g > f, c > f, mark > a__f, mark > g, mark > c, mark > f, a__c ~ mark, a__f ~ g, a__f ~ c, g ~ c . Hurray, we answered YES(?,PRIMREC)