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lambda calculus

formal system in mathematical logic
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lambda calculus

Summary

lambda calculus is a mathematical model[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of mathematical_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,813 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • lambda calculus is credited with the discovery of Alonzo Church[3].
  • lambda calculus's image is recorded as Un terme avec liens version 2.png[4].
  • lambda calculus's instance of is recorded as mathematical model[5].
  • Λ is named after lambda calculus[6].
  • lambda calculus's GND ID is recorded as 4166495-4[7].
  • lambda calculus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85074174[8].
  • lambda calculus's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119586908[9].
  • lambda calculus's IdRef ID is recorded as 027576345[10].
  • lambda calculus's subclass of is recorded as formal system[11].
  • lambda calculus's part of is recorded as theory of computation[12].
  • lambda calculus's has use is recorded as model of computation[13].
  • lambda calculus's Commons category is recorded as Lambda calculus[14].
  • lambda calculus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04mg4[15].
  • lambda calculus's InPhO ID is recorded as idea/5512[16].
  • lambda calculus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lambda calculus[17].
  • lambda calculus's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000131277[18].
  • lambda calculus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/lambda-calculus[19].
  • lambda calculus's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/tags/lambda-calculus[20].
  • lambda calculus's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/lambda-calculus[21].
  • lambda calculus's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/lambda-calculus[22].
  • lambda calculus's has characteristic is recorded as Turing completeness[23].
  • lambda calculus's MathWorld ID is recorded as LambdaCalculus[24].
  • lambda calculus's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as lambda-calculus[25].
  • lambda calculus's Quora topic ID is recorded as Lambda-Calculus[26].
  • lambda calculus's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as lambda-calculus[27].

Body

Geography

lambda calculus's part of is recorded as theory of computation[12].

Designation and Status

lambda calculus's instance of is recorded as mathematical model[5].

History and Context

Λ is named after lambda calculus[6].

Why It Matters

lambda calculus ranks in the top 1% of mathematical_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,813 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Alonzo Church Corrado Böhm Lisp Stephen Cole Kleene theory of computation

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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