Lambda-calculus Definition

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(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.
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Singular:
lambda-calculus
Plural:
lambda calculi

Origin of Lambda-calculus

  • Coined by Alonzo Church after the use of the Greek letter lambda (λ) as the basic abstraction operator in the calculus.

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