YES O(n^5) TRS: { U12(tt(), M, N) -> s(plus(activate(N), activate(M))), activate(X) -> X, U11(tt(), M, N) -> U12(tt(), activate(M), activate(N)), plus(N, s(M)) -> U11(tt(), M, N), plus(N, 0()) -> N } DUP: We consider a non-duplicating system. Trs: { U12(tt(), M, N) -> s(plus(activate(N), activate(M))), activate(X) -> X, U11(tt(), M, N) -> U12(tt(), activate(M), activate(N)), plus(N, s(M)) -> U11(tt(), M, N), plus(N, 0()) -> N } Matrix Interpretation: Interpretation class: triangular [1] [0] [0] = [0] [0] [0] [X9] [X4] [1 0 0 0 0][X9] [1 0 0 2 3][X4] [0] [X8] [X3] [0 1 0 0 3][X8] [0 0 2 0 2][X3] [0] [plus]([X7], [X2]) = [0 0 1 0 3][X7] + [0 0 0 2 3][X2] + [0] [X6] [X1] [0 0 0 1 2][X6] [0 0 0 0 1][X1] [0] [X5] [X0] [0 0 0 0 1][X5] [0 0 0 0 1][X0] [0] [X4] [1 0 0 0 0][X4] [0] [X3] [0 0 0 0 0][X3] [0] [s]([X2]) = [0 0 0 0 1][X2] + [0] [X1] [0 0 0 1 0][X1] [2] [X0] [0 0 0 0 1][X0] [3] [X14] [X9] [X4] [1 0 0 2 2][X14] [1 0 0 2 3][X9] [1 0 0 0 0][X4] [0] [X13] [X8] [X3] [0 0 0 0 2][X13] [0 0 0 0 2][X8] [0 1 0 0 2][X3] [0] [U11]([X12], [X7], [X2]) = [0 0 0 1 2][X12] + [0 0 0 2 2][X7] + [0 0 0 0 2][X2] + [2] [X11] [X6] [X1] [0 0 0 1 0][X11] [0 0 0 0 1][X6] [0 0 0 1 2][X1] [0] [X10] [X5] [X0] [0 0 0 0 1][X10] [0 0 0 0 1][X5] [0 0 0 0 1][X0] [1] [X4] [1 0 0 0 0][X4] [1] [X3] [0 1 0 0 0][X3] [0] [activate]([X2]) = [0 0 1 0 0][X2] + [0] [X1] [0 0 0 1 0][X1] [0] [X0] [0 0 0 0 1][X0] [0] [0] [1] [tt] = [0] [2] [2] [X14] [X9] [X4] [1 1 0 0 1][X14] [1 0 0 2 3][X9] [1 0 0 0 0][X4] [0] [X13] [X8] [X3] [0 0 0 0 0][X13] [0 0 0 0 0][X8] [0 0 0 0 0][X3] [0] [U12]([X12], [X7], [X2]) = [0 0 0 2 2][X12] + [0 0 0 1 2][X7] + [0 0 0 0 1][X2] + [0] [X11] [X6] [X1] [0 0 0 1 0][X11] [0 0 0 0 1][X6] [0 0 0 1 2][X1] [0] [X10] [X5] [X0] [0 0 0 0 0][X10] [0 0 0 0 1][X5] [0 0 0 0 1][X0] [3] Qed