A Finite Equational Axiomatization of the Functional Algebras for the Lambda Calculus

Information and Computation

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-130

  Salibra, Antonino ^a   Goldblatt, Robert ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abstract substitution; Combinatory algebras; Lambda abstraction algebras; Lambda algebras; Lambda calculus; Lambda models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004128085     PISSN: 08905401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/inco.1998.2745     Document Type: Article

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