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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ We'll tend to write (λa M)
as just `(\a M)`, so we don't hav
Application: (M N)
-Some authors reserve the term "term" for just variables and abstracts. We won't *participate* in that convention; we'll probably just say "term" and "expression" indiscriminately for expressions of any of these three forms.
+Some authors reserve the term "term" for just variables and abstracts. We won't participate in that convention; we'll probably just say "term" and "expression" indiscriminately for expressions of any of these three forms.
Examples of expressions:
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ Examples of expressions:
(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 "beta-contraction". Suppose you have some expression of the form:
((\a M) N)