Simply typed lambda calculusThe simply typed lambda calculus (), a form of type theory, is a typed interpretation of the lambda calculus with only one type constructor () that builds function types. It is the canonical and simplest example of a typed lambda calculus. The simply typed lambda calculus was originally introduced by Alonzo Church in 1940 as an attempt to avoid paradoxical use of the untyped lambda calculus. The term simple type is also used to refer extensions of the simply typed lambda calculus such as products, coproducts or natural numbers (System T) or even full recursion (like PCF).
Church encodingIn mathematics, Church encoding is a means of representing data and operators in the lambda calculus. The Church numerals are a representation of the natural numbers using lambda notation. The method is named for Alonzo Church, who first encoded data in the lambda calculus this way. Terms that are usually considered primitive in other notations (such as integers, booleans, pairs, lists, and tagged unions) are mapped to higher-order functions under Church encoding.
Let expressionIn computer science, a "let" expression associates a function definition with a restricted scope. The "let" expression may also be defined in mathematics, where it associates a Boolean condition with a restricted scope. The "let" expression may be considered as a lambda abstraction applied to a value. Within mathematics, a let expression may also be considered as a conjunction of expressions, within an existential quantifier which restricts the scope of the variable.
Système FLe est un formalisme logique qui permet d'exprimer de façon très riche et très rigoureuse des fonctions et d'y démontrer formellement des propriétés difficiles. Plus précisément, le (également connu sous le nom de lambda-calcul polymorphe ou de lambda-calcul du second ordre) est une extension du lambda-calcul simplement typé introduite indépendamment par le logicien Jean-Yves Girard et par l'informaticien John C. Reynolds. Ce système se distingue du lambda-calcul simplement typé par l'existence d'une quantification universelle sur les types qui permet d'exprimer du polymorphisme.
Logique combinatoireEn logique mathématique, la logique combinatoire est une théorie logique introduite par Moses Schönfinkel en 1920 lors d'une conférence et développée dès 1929 par Haskell Brooks Curry pour supprimer le besoin de variables en mathématiques, pour formaliser rigoureusement la notion de fonction et pour minimiser le nombre d'opérateurs nécessaires pour définir le calcul des prédicats à la suite de Henry M. Sheffer. Plus récemment, elle a été utilisée en informatique comme modèle théorique de calcul et comme base pour la conception de langages de programmation fonctionnels.
Typed lambda calculusA typed lambda calculus is a typed formalism that uses the lambda-symbol () to denote anonymous function abstraction. In this context, types are usually objects of a syntactic nature that are assigned to lambda terms; the exact nature of a type depends on the calculus considered (see kinds below). From a certain point of view, typed lambda calculi can be seen as refinements of the untyped lambda calculus, but from another point of view, they can also be considered the more fundamental theory and untyped lambda calculus a special case with only one type.
