eta conversion

noun

eta conversion

noun
1

Computing, Computing theory, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences One of the three rewrite rules of lambda calculus, which expresses a sort of tautology about function application. The rule says that a lambda abstraction of the form (λx.(fx)) may be rewritten as simply f, provided that x does not occur freely in f (considered by itself).

Coordinate terms
alpha conversion, beta reduction

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