YES O(n^4) TRS: { h(g(x)) -> g(h(f(x))), f(a()) -> g(h(a())), k(x, h(x), a()) -> h(x), k(f(x), y, x) -> f(x) } DUP: We consider a non-duplicating system. Trs: { h(g(x)) -> g(h(f(x))), f(a()) -> g(h(a())), k(x, h(x), a()) -> h(x), k(f(x), y, x) -> f(x) } Matrix Interpretation: Interpretation class: triangular [X11] [X7] [X3] [1 1 0 0][X11] [1 1 0 0][X7] [1 0 0 0][X3] [1] [X10] [X6] [X2] [0 1 0 0][X10] [0 1 0 0][X6] [0 0 1 0][X2] [0] [k]([ X9], [X5], [X1]) = [0 0 0 0][X9] + [0 0 0 0][X5] + [0 0 0 1][X1] + [0] [ X8] [X4] [X0] [0 0 0 0][X8] [0 0 0 0][X4] [0 0 0 0][X0] [1] [X3] [1 0 1 0][X3] [0] [X2] [0 0 1 0][X2] [0] [f]([X1]) = [0 0 0 0][X1] + [0] [X0] [0 0 0 0][X0] [0] [0] [0] [a] = [1] [0] [X3] [1 1 0 0][X3] [0] [X2] [0 0 0 0][X2] [1] [h]([X1]) = [0 0 0 0][X1] + [0] [X0] [0 0 0 0][X0] [0] [X3] [1 0 1 0][X3] [0] [X2] [0 0 1 0][X2] [1] [g]([X1]) = [0 0 0 0][X1] + [0] [X0] [0 0 0 0][X0] [0] Qed