Programming Language Theory: Difference between revisions

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* <tt>plus ≡ λm. λn. λf. λx. m f (n f x)</tt> (from f<sup>(m + n)</sup>(x) = f<sup>m</sup>(f<sup>n</sup>(x)))
* <tt>plus ≡ λm. λn. λf. λx. m f (n f x)</tt> (from f<sup>(m + n)</sup>(x) = f<sup>m</sup>(f<sup>n</sup>(x)))
* <tt>succ ≡ λn. λf. λx. f (n f x)</tt> (β-equivalent to <tt>(plus 1)</tt> for a defined <tt>1</tt>)
* <tt>succ ≡ λn. λf. λx. f (n f x)</tt> (β-equivalent to <tt>(plus 1)</tt> for a defined <tt>1</tt>)
* <tt>mult ≡ λm. λn. λf. n (m f)</tt> (from f<sup>(m * n)</sup> = (f<sup>m</sup>)<sup>n</sup>
Common syntactic sugar:
Common syntactic sugar:
* Left-associative application as implicit parentheses
* Left-associative application as implicit parentheses