YES(?,O(n^1)) We are left with following problem, upon which TcT provides the certificate YES(?,O(n^1)). Strict Trs: { f(s(x), y, y) -> f(y, x, s(x)) } Obligation: innermost runtime complexity Answer: YES(?,O(n^1)) The input was oriented with the instance of 'Small Polynomial Path Order (PS)' as induced by the safe mapping safe(f) = {3}, safe(s) = {1} and precedence empty . Following symbols are considered recursive: {f} The recursion depth is 1. For your convenience, here are the satisfied ordering constraints: f(s(; x), y; y) > f(y, x; s(; x)) Hurray, we answered YES(?,O(n^1))