fixed point combinator - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Y: Encyclopedia - Y
Y is the twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is wy, sometimes spelled wye. See V. In Ancient Greek ΥψιλοÎ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Combinatory Logic: Encyclopedia - Combinatory Logic
Combinatory logic is a notation introduced by Moses Schönfinkel and Haskell Curry to eliminate the need for variables in mathematical lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Combinatory Logic: Encyclopedia Ii - Combinatory Logic - Combinatory Calculi
Since abstraction is the only way to manufacture functions in the lambda calculus, something must replace it in the combinatory calculus....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Y: Encyclopedia Ii - Y - Codes For Computing
In Unicode the capital Y is codepoint U+0059 and the lowercase y is U+0079. The ASCII code for capital Y is 89 and for lowercase y is 121...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Combinatory Logic: Encyclopedia Ii - Combinatory Logic - Undecidability Of Combinatorial Calculus
It is undecidable whether a general combinatory term has a normal form; whether two combinatory terms are equivalent, etc. This is equiva...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Combinatory Logic: Encyclopedia Ii - Combinatory Logic - Combinatory Logic In Computing
In computer science, combinatory logic is used as a simplified model of computation, used in computability theory (the study of what can ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Combinatory Logic: Encyclopedia Ii - Combinatory Logic - Combinatory Logic In Mathematics
Combinatory logic was intended as a simple 'pre-logic' which would clarify the meaning of variables in logical notation, and indeed elimi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Combinatory Logic: Encyclopedia Ii - Combinatory Logic - Summary Of The Lambda Calculus
For complete details about the lambda calculus, see the article under that head. We will summarize here. The lambda calculus is concerned...   » Read the article