Lambda Calculus

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A Lambda Calculus is a logic calculus similar to first-order logic but that allows the binding of Variables using the lambda operator.



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  • http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lambda_calculus
    • Etymology: Coined by Alonzo Church after the use of the Greek letter lambda (λ) as the basic abstraction operator in the calculus.
    • Noun
      • 1. (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.