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lambda calculusnoun(computing theory) Any of a family of functionally complete algebraic systems in which lambda expressions are evaluated according to a fixed set of rules to produce values, which may themselves be lambda expressions.
lambdanoun(physics, mathematics) Unit representation of wavelength.
lambda abstractionnoun(computing theory) A lambda term of the form (λx.t) where x is a variable and t another lambda term. Any free instance of x within t (considered by itself) then becomes bound by the λx. prefix. It is meant to represent an anonymous function.
lambda expressionnounAn algebraic expression representing a function by binding one or more parameters to an expression which may contain those parameters.
lambda functionnoun(programming) An anonymous function; a function that is defined in an inline, ad-hoc manner, and often doesn't have a name (not bound to an identifier).
combinatornoun(computer science) A lambda expression which has no free variables in it.
eta conversionnoun(computing theory) One of the three rewrite rules of lambda calculus, which expresses a sort of tautology about function application. The rule says that a lambda abstraction of the form (λx.(fx)) may be rewritten as simply f, provided that x does not occur freely in f (considered by itself).
logical calculusnoun(logic) A formal system.
applicationnoun(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
church encodingnoun(mathematics) A means of representing data and operators in the lambda calculus, by forming them into a mathematical structure embedded in the lambda calculus.
formal logicnoun(logic) Mathematical logic.
well-formed formulanoun(logic) A statement that is expressed in a valid, syntactically correct manner.
formulanounA plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
formal languagenoun(computing theory) A set of finite strings (called words) made of symbols (from a finite set of symbols, called an alphabet).
alpha conversionnoun(computing theory) One of the three rewrite rules of lambda calculus, in which a bound variable of a lambda term is replaced by another variable across its entire scope. So if there is a lambda term of the form (λx.t) and it is desired to have x replaced with y, then the rewritten lambda term would have the form (λy.t[y/x]) where t[y/x], "t with y instead of x", has had all free instances of x in t replaced with y.
logicnoun(uncountable) A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.
termnounThat which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
linear operatornoun(mathematics, functional analysis) An operator L such that for functions f and g and scalar λ, L (f + g) = L f + L g and L λf = λ L f.
five lemmanoun(singular only, mathematics) A particular lemma that claims the existence of a particular isomorphism in a commutative diagram given certain other homomorphisms in the diagram.
applicandnoun(mathematics) A function, in lambda calculus, that is the subject of application

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