YES After renaming modulo { a->0, b->1, c->2, d->3 }, it remains to prove termination of the 6-rule system { 0 0 -> 1 2 2 2 , 1 2 -> 3 3 3 3 , 0 -> 3 2 3 , 1 1 -> 2 2 2 , 2 2 -> 3 3 3 , 2 3 3 -> 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 25 | | 0 1 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 17 | | 0 1 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 11 | | 0 1 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 7 | | 0 1 | \ / After renaming modulo { 0->0, 1->1, 2->2, 3->3 }, it remains to prove termination of the 4-rule system { 0 0 -> 1 2 2 2 , 1 2 -> 3 3 3 3 , 0 -> 3 2 3 , 2 3 3 -> 0 } Applying the dependency pairs transformation. After renaming modulo { (0,true)->0, (0,false)->1, (1,true)->2, (2,false)->3, (2,true)->4, (3,false)->5, (1,false)->6 }, it remains to prove termination of the 10-rule system { 0 1 -> 2 3 3 3 , 0 1 -> 4 3 3 , 0 1 -> 4 3 , 0 1 -> 4 , 0 -> 4 5 , 4 5 5 -> 0 , 1 1 ->= 6 3 3 3 , 6 3 ->= 5 5 5 5 , 1 ->= 5 3 5 , 3 5 5 ->= 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 3 | | 0 1 | \ / 1 is interpreted by / \ | 1 4 | | 0 1 | \ / 2 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 3 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 4 is interpreted by / \ | 1 0 | | 0 1 | \ / 5 is interpreted by / \ | 1 2 | | 0 1 | \ / 6 is interpreted by / \ | 1 8 | | 0 1 | \ / After renaming modulo { 1->0, 6->1, 3->2, 5->3 }, it remains to prove termination of the 4-rule system { 0 0 ->= 1 2 2 2 , 1 2 ->= 3 3 3 3 , 0 ->= 3 2 3 , 2 3 3 ->= 0 } The system is trivially terminating.