X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=week1.mdwn;h=b5a67fa367f2e663ee5e36502a52c700b14e18d6;hb=edfcc704a4036cae0f2fd6399b99beb29c493cca;hp=0207f0ceae92b3e0eafc4513fa279d8007de294e;hpb=6ca041c08f7d5eccc1550af16de405c66fb23139;p=lambda.git diff --git a/week1.mdwn b/week1.mdwn index 0207f0ce..b5a67fa3 100644 --- a/week1.mdwn +++ b/week1.mdwn @@ -59,19 +59,9 @@ We'll tend to write (λa M) as just `(\a M)`, so we don't hav Some authors reserve the term "term" for just variables and abstracts. We'll probably just say "term" and "expression" indiscriminately for expressions of any of these three forms. -
-Examples of expressions: +Examples *of* expressions: x - (y x) - (x x) - (\x y) - (\x x) - (\x (\y x)) - (x (\x x)) - ((\x (x x)) (\x (x x))) - -
The lambda calculus has an associated proof theory. For now, we can regard the proof theory as having just one rule, called the rule of **beta-reduction** or