YES After renaming modulo { b->0, a->1, c->2 }, it remains to prove termination of the 5-rule system { 0 1 1 -> 1 0 2 , 2 1 -> 1 2 , 0 2 1 -> 1 0 2 , 2 0 -> 0 1 , 1 2 0 -> 2 0 1 } The system was reversed. After renaming modulo { 1->0, 0->1, 2->2 }, it remains to prove termination of the 5-rule system { 0 0 1 -> 2 1 0 , 0 2 -> 2 0 , 0 2 1 -> 2 1 0 , 1 2 -> 0 1 , 1 2 0 -> 0 1 2 } Applying the dependency pairs transformation. After renaming modulo { (0,true)->0, (0,false)->1, (1,false)->2, (1,true)->3, (2,false)->4 }, it remains to prove termination of the 14-rule system { 0 1 2 -> 3 1 , 0 1 2 -> 0 , 0 4 -> 0 , 0 4 2 -> 3 1 , 0 4 2 -> 0 , 3 4 -> 0 2 , 3 4 -> 3 , 3 4 1 -> 0 2 4 , 3 4 1 -> 3 4 , 1 1 2 ->= 4 2 1 , 1 4 ->= 4 1 , 1 4 2 ->= 4 2 1 , 2 4 ->= 1 2 , 2 4 1 ->= 1 2 4 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 2: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / After renaming modulo { 3->0, 4->1, 0->2, 2->3, 1->4 }, it remains to prove termination of the 7-rule system { 0 1 -> 2 3 , 0 1 4 -> 2 3 1 , 4 4 3 ->= 1 3 4 , 4 1 ->= 1 4 , 4 1 3 ->= 1 3 4 , 3 1 ->= 4 3 , 3 1 4 ->= 4 3 1 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 2: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / After renaming modulo { 4->0, 3->1, 1->2 }, it remains to prove termination of the 5-rule system { 0 0 1 ->= 2 1 0 , 0 2 ->= 2 0 , 0 2 1 ->= 2 1 0 , 1 2 ->= 0 1 , 1 2 0 ->= 0 1 2 } The system is trivially terminating.