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The original uses a nonstandard abbreviation for Curried functions of multiple arguments; this abbreviation has been eliminated. The original uses a pun in which the continuations for selecting elements from pairs happen to agree with the classic representations of the Booleans; this pun has been eliminated. Finally, some typography and English have been lightly adjusted to make the text conform more closely to American idioms.  \nAbstract  \nThis paper is a concise and painless introduction to the 􀀕-calculus. This formalism was developed by Alonzo Church as a tool for studying the mathematical properties of e􀀋ectively computable functions. The formalism became popular and has provided a strong theoretical foundation for the family of functional programming languages. This tutorial shows how to perform arithmetical and logical computations using the 􀀕-calculus and how to de􀀌ne recursive functions, even though 􀀕 -calculus functions are unnamed and thus cannot refer explicitly to themselves.  \n􀀃 Send corrections or suggestions to rojas@inf.fu[berlin.de](berlin.de)  \n1 De􀀌nition  \nThe 􀀕-calculus can be called the smallest universal programming language in the world. The 􀀕 -calculus consists of a single transformation rule (variable substitution, also called 􀀌-conversion) and a single function de􀀌nition scheme. It was introduced in the 1930s by Alonzo Church as away of formalizing the concept of e􀀋ective computability. The 􀀕-calculus is universal in the sense that any computable function can be expressed and evaluated using this formalism. It is thus equivalent to Turing machines. However, the 􀀕 -calculus emphasizes the use of symbolic transformation rules and does not care about the actual machine implementation. It is an approach more related to software than to hardware.  \nThe central concept in 􀀕-calculus is that of \\expression\". A \\name\" is an identi􀀌er which, for our purposes, can be any of the letters a; b; c, etc. An expression can be just a name or can be a function. Functions use the Greek letter 􀀕 to mark the name of the function's arguments. The \\body\" of the function speci􀀌es how the arguments are to be rearranged. The identity function, for example, is represented by the string (􀀕x:x) . The fragment \\􀀕x\" tell us that the function's argument is x, which is returned unchanged as \\x\" by the function.  \nFunctions can be applied to other functions. The function A, for example, applied to the function B, would be written as AB. In this tutorial, capital letters are used to represent functions. In fact,  \n2  \nanything of interest in 􀀕-calculus is a function. Even numbers or logical values will be represented by functions that can act on one another in order to transform a string of symbols into another string. This 􀀕-calculus is untyped: any function can be applied to any other. The programmer is responsible for keeping the computations sensible.  \nAn expression is de􀀌ned recursively as follows:  \nhexpressioni ::= hnamei j hfunctioni j happlicationihfunctioni ::= 􀀕hnamei:hexpressioni  \nhapplicationi ::= hexpressionihexpressioni  \nAn expression can be surrounded by parenthesis for clarity, that is, if E is an expression,(E) is the same expression. Otherwise, the only keywords used in the language are 􀀕 and the dot. In order to avoid cluttering expressions with parenthesis, we adopt the convention that function application associates from the left, that is, the composite expression  \nE 1 E2 E3 : : : En  \nis evaluated applying the successive expressions as follows  \n􀀒 : : : 􀀀 (E1 E2 ) E3 􀀁: : : En􀀓  \nAs can be seen from the de􀀌nition of 􀀕 -expressions, a well-formed example of a function is the previously mentioned string, enclosed or not in parentheses:  \n􀀕x:x 􀀑 (􀀕x:x)  \nWe use the equivalen","cbCaicEjWjdE0KeD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicEjWjdE0KeD","pdf",387620,"English","# Abstract\n# 1 Definition\n## 1.1 Free and bound variables","[{\"question\":\"What is the Lambda Calculus used for in this tutorial?\",\"answer\":\"It presents lambda calculus as a formal way to study effectively computable functions and to express and evaluate computations, linking the system to functional programming and universality.\"},{\"question\":\"What makes lambda calculus universal according to the text?\",\"answer\":\"Any computable function can be expressed and evaluated using the formalism, making it equivalent to Turing machines.\"},{\"question\":\"How is function application evaluated in lambda calculus?\",\"answer\":\"By substituting the argument’s value into the function’s body according to the defined transformation rule, producing a reduction result.\"}]","A Tutorial Introduction to the Lambda Calculus - Version 2.0 - Edited Version | PDF",23]