YES(?,O(n^1)) We are left with following problem, upon which TcT provides the certificate YES(?,O(n^1)). Strict Trs: { f(x, x) -> a() , f(g(x), y) -> f(x, y) } 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) = {}, safe(a) = {}, safe(g) = {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(x, x;) > a() f(g(; x), y;) > f(x, y;) Hurray, we answered YES(?,O(n^1))