YES After renaming modulo { f->0, b->1, a->2, c->3, d->4 }, it remains to prove termination of the 7-rule system { 0 0 -> 1 1 1 , 2 0 -> 0 2 2 , 1 1 -> 3 3 2 3 , 4 1 -> 4 2 1 , 3 3 -> 4 4 4 , 1 4 -> 4 1 , 3 4 4 -> 0 } 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 80 | | 0 1 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 53 | | 0 1 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 35 | | 0 1 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 23 | | 0 1 | \ / After renaming modulo { 2->0, 0->1, 4->2, 1->3 }, it remains to prove termination of the 3-rule system { 0 1 -> 1 0 0 , 2 3 -> 2 0 3 , 3 2 -> 2 3 } Applying the dependency pairs transformation. After renaming modulo { (0,true)->0, (1,false)->1, (0,false)->2, (2,true)->3, (3,false)->4, (3,true)->5, (2,false)->6 }, it remains to prove termination of the 10-rule system { 0 1 -> 0 2 , 0 1 -> 0 , 3 4 -> 3 2 4 , 3 4 -> 0 4 , 3 4 -> 5 , 5 6 -> 3 4 , 5 6 -> 5 , 2 1 ->= 1 2 2 , 6 4 ->= 6 2 4 , 4 6 ->= 6 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 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 5 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 6 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / After renaming modulo { 3->0, 4->1, 2->2, 5->3, 6->4, 1->5 }, it remains to prove termination of the 5-rule system { 0 1 -> 0 2 1 , 3 4 -> 0 1 , 2 5 ->= 5 2 2 , 4 1 ->= 4 2 1 , 1 4 ->= 4 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 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 5 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / After renaming modulo { 0->0, 1->1, 2->2, 5->3, 4->4 }, it remains to prove termination of the 4-rule system { 0 1 -> 0 2 1 , 2 3 ->= 3 2 2 , 4 1 ->= 4 2 1 , 1 4 ->= 4 1 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 3: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 1 | | 0 1 0 | | 0 0 0 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 | | 0 1 0 | | 0 1 0 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 | | 0 1 0 | | 0 0 0 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 | | 0 1 0 | | 0 0 0 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 | | 0 1 0 | | 0 0 0 | \ / After renaming modulo { 2->0, 3->1, 4->2, 1->3 }, it remains to prove termination of the 3-rule system { 0 1 ->= 1 0 0 , 2 3 ->= 2 0 3 , 3 2 ->= 2 3 } The system is trivially terminating.