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lambda calculus

noun

  1. logic computing a formalized description of functions and the way in which they combine, developed by Alonzo Church and used in the theory of certain high-level programming languages
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Origin of lambda calculus1

C20: from the use of the symbol lambda (λ) to represent the mathematical functions
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More recently, the Dutch computer scientist Alexander Ollongren proposed a second generation of the lingua cosmica that was derived from lambda calculus, a highly formalized logical system.

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