In mathematical logic, the lambda calculus (also written as λ-calculus) is a formal system for expressing computation based on function abstraction and...
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A typed lambda calculus is a typed formalism that uses the lambda symbol ( λ {\displaystyle \lambda } ) to denote anonymous function abstraction. In this...
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simply typed lambda calculus ( λ → {\displaystyle \lambda ^{\to }} ), a form of type theory, is a typed interpretation of the lambda calculus with only...
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Knights of the Lambda Calculus is a semi-fictional organization of expert Lisp and Scheme hackers. The name refers to the lambda calculus, a mathematical...
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Lambda calculus is a formal mathematical system based on lambda abstraction and function application. Two definitions of the language are given here:...
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version of the untyped lambda calculus. It was introduced by Moses Schönfinkel and Haskell Curry. All operations in lambda calculus can be encoded via abstraction...
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mathematical logic and computer science, the lambda-mu calculus is an extension of the lambda calculus introduced by Michel Parigot. It introduces two...
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systems of typed lambda calculus including the simply typed lambda calculus, Jean-Yves Girard's System F, and Thierry Coquand's calculus of constructions...
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System F (redirect from Second order lambda calculus)
polymorphic lambda calculus or second-order lambda calculus) is a typed lambda calculus that introduces, to simply typed lambda calculus, a mechanism...
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intuitionistic version as a typed variant of the model of computation known as lambda calculus. The Curry–Howard correspondence is the observation that there is an...
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Combinatory logic (redirect from Combinator calculus)
computation. Combinatory logic can be viewed as a variant of the lambda calculus, in which lambda expressions (representing functional abstraction) are replaced...
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Verse (programming language) (section Lambda calculus)
shares several similarities with lambda calculus, particularly in how it handles functions and data. In lambda calculus, functions are first-class citizens...
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Scheme (programming language) (section Lambda calculus)
evaluation of "closed" Lambda expressions in LISP and ISWIM's Lambda Closures. van Tonder, André (1 January 2004). "A Lambda Calculus for Quantum Computation"...
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language and in various logics, including certain forms of set theory, lambda calculus, and combinatory logic. The paradox is named after the logician Haskell...
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Binary combinatory logic (redirect from Binary lambda calculus)
2023). "Functional Bits: Lambda Calculus based Algorithmic Information Theory" (PDF). tromp.github.io. John's Lambda Calculus and Combinatory Logic Playground...
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Dependent type (redirect from ΛΠ-calculus)
extensional. In 1934, Haskell Curry noticed that the types used in typed lambda calculus, and in its combinatory logic counterpart, followed the same pattern...
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Reduction strategy (redirect from Reduction strategy (lambda calculus))
z)((\lambda w.www)(\lambda w.www)(\lambda w.www)(\lambda w.www))\\\rightarrow &(\lambda x.z)((\lambda w.www)(\lambda w.www)(\lambda w.www)(\lambda w.www)(\lambda...
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Expression (mathematics) (section Lambda calculus)
the basis for lambda calculus, a formal system used in mathematical logic and programming language theory. The equivalence of two lambda expressions is...
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computer science, kappa calculus is a formal system for defining first-order functions. Unlike lambda calculus, kappa calculus has no higher-order functions;...
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predicative calculus of inductive constructions (which removes some impredicativity)[citation needed]. The CoC is a higher-order typed lambda calculus, initially...
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the lambda calculus and Turing machines are equivalent models of computation, showing that the lambda calculus is Turing complete. Lambda calculus forms...
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the concepts of lambda calculus. λ indicates an eigenvalue in the mathematics of linear algebra. In the physics of particles, lambda indicates the thermal...
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(also written lambda cube) is a framework introduced by Henk Barendregt to investigate the different dimensions in which the calculus of constructions...
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Beta normal form (category Lambda calculus)
In lambda calculus, a term is in beta normal form if no beta reduction is possible. A term is in beta-eta normal form if neither a beta reduction nor...
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Church–Rosser theorem (category Lambda calculus)
In lambda calculus, the Church–Rosser theorem states that, when applying reduction rules to terms, the ordering in which the reductions are chosen does...
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Explicit substitution (redirect from Λσ calculus)
standard lambda calculus where substitutions are performed by beta reductions in an implicit manner which is not expressed within the calculus; the "freshness"...
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Church encoding (category Lambda calculus)
representing data and operators in the lambda calculus. The Church numerals are a representation of the natural numbers using lambda notation. The method is named...
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interpretation Curry–Howard correspondence Linear logic Game semantics Typed lambda calculus Typed and untyped languages Type signature Type inference Datatype...
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Scott–Curry theorem (category Lambda calculus)
logic, the Scott–Curry theorem is a result in lambda calculus stating that if two non-empty sets of lambda terms A and B are closed under beta-convertibility...
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Canonical form (section Lambda calculus)
system. In the untyped lambda calculus, for example, the term ( λ x . ( x x ) λ x . ( x x ) ) {\displaystyle (\lambda x.(xx)\;\lambda x.(xx))} does not have...
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