Lambda calculus
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title:
Lambda calculus
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Lambda calculus is a formal system in mathematical logic for expressing computation based on function abstraction and application using variable binding and substitution. Untyped lambda calculus, the topic of this article, is a universal model of computation that can be used to simulate any Turing machine. It was introduced by the mathematician Alonzo Church in the 1930s as part of his research into the foundations of mathematics. In 1936, Church found a formulation which was logically consisten
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Mathematical-logic system based on functions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus
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2001-11-05T15:01:17Z
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2024-08-28T04:59:40Z
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