MAYBE We are left with following problem, upon which TcT provides the certificate MAYBE. Strict Trs: { leq(0(), x) -> tt() , leq(s(x), 0()) -> ff() , leq(s(x), s(y)) -> leq(x, y) , split(nil()) -> app(nil(), nil()) , split(cons(x, nil())) -> app(cons(x, nil()), nil()) , split(cons(x, cons(y, xs))) -> split1(x, y, split(xs)) , split1(x, y, app(xs, ys)) -> app(cons(x, xs), cons(y, ys)) , merge(xs, []()) -> xs , merge(cons(x, xs), cons(y, ys)) -> ifmerge(leq(x, y), x, y, xs, ys) , merge([](), xs) -> xs , ifmerge(tt(), x, y, xs, ys) -> cons(x, merge(xs, cons(y, ys))) , ifmerge(ff(), x, y, xs, ys) -> cons(y, merge(cons(x, xs), ys)) , mergesort(xs) -> mergesort1(split(xs)) , mergesort1(app(xs, ys)) -> merge(mergesort(xs), mergesort(ys)) } Obligation: innermost runtime complexity Answer: MAYBE The input cannot be shown compatible Arrrr..