YES(?,O(n^3)) Problem: f(a()) -> g(h(a())) h(g(x)) -> g(h(f(x))) k(x,h(x),a()) -> h(x) k(f(x),y,x) -> f(x) Proof: Complexity Transformation Processor: strict: f(a()) -> g(h(a())) h(g(x)) -> g(h(f(x))) k(x,h(x),a()) -> h(x) k(f(x),y,x) -> f(x) weak: Matrix Interpretation Processor: dimension: 1 max_matrix: 1 interpretation: [k](x0, x1, x2) = x0 + x1 + x2 + 1, [g](x0) = x0, [h](x0) = x0, [f](x0) = x0 + 1, [a] = 0 orientation: f(a()) = 1 >= 0 = g(h(a())) h(g(x)) = x >= x + 1 = g(h(f(x))) k(x,h(x),a()) = 2x + 1 >= x = h(x) k(f(x),y,x) = 2x + y + 2 >= x + 1 = f(x) problem: strict: h(g(x)) -> g(h(f(x))) weak: f(a()) -> g(h(a())) k(x,h(x),a()) -> h(x) k(f(x),y,x) -> f(x) Matrix Interpretation Processor: dimension: 3 max_matrix: [1 1 0] [0 1 1] [0 0 1] interpretation: [1 1 0] [1 0 0] [1 1 0] [0] [k](x0, x1, x2) = [0 1 1]x0 + [0 0 0]x1 + [0 1 1]x2 + [0] [0 0 1] [0 0 0] [0 0 1] [1], [1 0 0] [0] [g](x0) = [0 0 1]x0 + [1] [0 0 0] [0], [1 1 0] [0] [h](x0) = [0 0 0]x0 + [1] [0 0 0] [0], [1 0 0] [f](x0) = [0 0 1]x0 [0 0 0] , [0] [a] = [0] [1] orientation: [1 0 1] [1] [1 0 1] [0] h(g(x)) = [0 0 0]x + [1] >= [0 0 0]x + [1] = g(h(f(x))) [0 0 0] [0] [0 0 0] [0] [0] [0] f(a()) = [1] >= [1] = g(h(a())) [0] [0] [2 2 0] [0] [1 1 0] [0] k(x,h(x),a()) = [0 1 1]x + [1] >= [0 0 0]x + [1] = h(x) [0 0 1] [2] [0 0 0] [0] [2 1 1] [1 0 0] [0] [1 0 0] k(f(x),y,x) = [0 1 2]x + [0 0 0]y + [0] >= [0 0 1]x = f(x) [0 0 1] [0 0 0] [1] [0 0 0] problem: strict: weak: 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) Qed