YES After renaming modulo { a->0, s->1, b->2 }, it remains to prove termination of the 4-rule system { 0 1 -> 1 0 , 2 0 2 1 -> 0 2 1 0 , 2 0 2 2 -> 0 2 0 2 , 0 2 0 0 -> 2 0 2 0 } The system was reversed. After renaming modulo { 1->0, 0->1, 2->2 }, it remains to prove termination of the 4-rule system { 0 1 -> 1 0 , 0 2 1 2 -> 1 0 2 1 , 2 2 1 2 -> 2 1 2 1 , 1 1 2 1 -> 1 2 1 2 } Applying sparse 2-untiling [Hofbauer/Geser/Waldmann, FSCD 2019]. After renaming modulo { 0->0, 2->1, 1->2 }, it remains to prove termination of the 3-rule system { 0 1 2 1 -> 2 0 1 2 , 1 1 2 1 -> 1 2 1 2 , 2 2 1 2 -> 2 1 2 1 } Applying the dependency pairs transformation. After renaming modulo { (0,true)->0, (1,false)->1, (2,false)->2, (2,true)->3, (0,false)->4, (1,true)->5 }, it remains to prove termination of the 15-rule system { 0 1 2 1 -> 3 4 1 2 , 0 1 2 1 -> 0 1 2 , 0 1 2 1 -> 5 2 , 0 1 2 1 -> 3 , 5 1 2 1 -> 5 2 1 2 , 5 1 2 1 -> 3 1 2 , 5 1 2 1 -> 5 2 , 5 1 2 1 -> 3 , 3 2 1 2 -> 3 1 2 1 , 3 2 1 2 -> 5 2 1 , 3 2 1 2 -> 3 1 , 3 2 1 2 -> 5 , 4 1 2 1 ->= 2 4 1 2 , 1 1 2 1 ->= 1 2 1 2 , 2 2 1 2 ->= 2 1 2 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 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 5 is interpreted by / \ | 1 1 | | 0 1 | \ / After renaming modulo { 5->0, 1->1, 2->2, 3->3, 4->4 }, it remains to prove termination of the 5-rule system { 0 1 2 1 -> 0 2 1 2 , 3 2 1 2 -> 3 1 2 1 , 4 1 2 1 ->= 2 4 1 2 , 1 1 2 1 ->= 1 2 1 2 , 2 2 1 2 ->= 2 1 2 1 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 5: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 1 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | | 0 0 1 1 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 1 1 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / After renaming modulo { 3->0, 2->1, 1->2, 4->3 }, it remains to prove termination of the 4-rule system { 0 1 2 1 -> 0 2 1 2 , 3 2 1 2 ->= 1 3 2 1 , 2 2 1 2 ->= 2 1 2 1 , 1 1 2 1 ->= 1 2 1 2 } The system was filtered by the following matrix interpretation of type E_J with J = {1,...,2} and dimension 5: 0 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 1 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | | 0 0 1 1 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 1 1 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 1 0 0 0 | \ / After renaming modulo { 3->0, 2->1, 1->2 }, it remains to prove termination of the 3-rule system { 0 1 2 1 ->= 2 0 1 2 , 1 1 2 1 ->= 1 2 1 2 , 2 2 1 2 ->= 2 1 2 1 } The system is trivially terminating.