The lambda calculus : its syntax and semantics /

The revised edition contains a new chapter which provides an elegant description of the semantics. The various classes of lambda calculus models are described in a uniform manner. Some didactical improvements have been made to this edition. An example of a simple model is given and then the general...

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Main Author: Barendregt, H. P. (Hendrik Pieter)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : New York, N.Y. : North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1984.
Edition:Rev. ed.
Series:Studies in logic and the foundations of mathematics ; v. 103.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The revised edition contains a new chapter which provides an elegant description of the semantics. The various classes of lambda calculus models are described in a uniform manner. Some didactical improvements have been made to this edition. An example of a simple model is given and then the general theory (of categorical models) is developed. Indications are given of those parts of the book which can be used to form a coherent course.
Item Description:Includes indexes.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 621 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-598).
ISBN:9780080933757
0080933750
128216919X
9781282169197
9786612169199
6612169192