YES(?,O(n^2)) Problem: a(a(f(x,y))) -> f(a(b(a(b(a(x))))),a(b(a(b(a(y)))))) f(a(x),a(y)) -> a(f(x,y)) f(b(x),b(y)) -> b(f(x,y)) Proof: Matrix Interpretation Processor: dimension: 2 interpretation: [1 0] [1] [b](x0) = [0 0]x0 + [0], [1 8] [2] [a](x0) = [0 1]x0 + [2], [3] [f](x0, x1) = x0 + x1 + [0] orientation: [1 16] [1 16] [23] [1 8] [1 8] [19] a(a(f(x,y))) = [0 1 ]x + [0 1 ]y + [4 ] >= [0 0]x + [0 0]y + [4 ] = f(a(b(a(b(a(x))))),a(b(a(b(a(y)))))) [1 8] [1 8] [7] [1 8] [1 8] [5] f(a(x),a(y)) = [0 1]x + [0 1]y + [4] >= [0 1]x + [0 1]y + [2] = a(f(x,y)) [1 0] [1 0] [5] [1 0] [1 0] [4] f(b(x),b(y)) = [0 0]x + [0 0]y + [0] >= [0 0]x + [0 0]y + [0] = b(f(x,y)) problem: Qed