beta reduce

verb

beta reduce

verb
1

Computer, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Science, Sciences To syntactically replace a function call by the result of calling that function.

  • The term (#92;lambdax.#92;,x)#92;,y can beta reduce to y#92;#33;.
Related terms
beta reduction, beta convert, beta conversion

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