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β-normal form

β-normal form

Let M be a lambda term.

  • M is said to be in β-normal form iff [...].
  • M is said to have a β-normal form iff [...].

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The notion of β-normal form captures a sense of the result of a lambda term; from a β-normal form, no further lambda computation is possible.

The following definition elaborates the concept by considering how many normal forms a term might have.

Weakly normalizing and strongly normalizing

Let M be a lambda term.

  • M is said to be weakly normalizing iff it [...].
  • M is said to be strongly normalizing iff there are no [...].