The Impact of the Lambda Calculus in Logic and Computer Science

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 1997 Netherlands English Publisher:Cambridge University Press (CUP)Journal:Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, volume 3, pages 181-215 (issn: 1079-8986, eissn: 1943-5894,

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Authors: Barendregt, H.P.;

doi: 10.2307/421013

handle: 2066/17274

The Impact of the Lambda Calculus in Logic and Computer Science

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AbstractOne of the most important contributions of A. Church to logic is his invention of the lambda calculus. We present the genesis of this theory and its two major areas of application: the representation of computations and the resulting functional programming languages on the one hand and the representation of reasoning and the resulting systems of computer mathematics on the other hand.

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Netherlands

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Radboud University Nijmegen
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Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
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computation, logic, Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations, Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to computer science, functional programming, General topics in the theory of software, lambda calculus, Combinatory logic and lambda calculus

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