Lambda Calculi: A Guide for Computer Scientists (Graduate Texts in Computer Science, Volume 3)

Chris Hankin

ISBN 10: 0198538405 / ISBN 13: 9780198538400

Published by Oxford University Press, 1994

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Type: Book N.B. Small plain label to inside front cover. Damage stamp to title page. Fading to spine and corners of covers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lambda Calculi: A Guide for Computer Scientists (Graduate Texts in Computer Science, Volume 3)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198538405
• ISBN 13: 9780198538400
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published
• Weight: 11 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • MATHEMATICS

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Synopsis

The lambda-calculus lies at the very foundation of computer science. Besides its historical role in computability theory it has had significant influence on programming language design and implementation, denotational semantics and domain theory. The book emphasizes the proof theory for the type-free lambda-calculus. The first six chapters concern this calculus and cover the basic theory, reduction, models, computability, and the relationship between the lambda-calculus and combinatory logic. Chapter 7 presents a variety of typed calculi; first the simply typed lambda-calculus, then Milner-style polymorphism and, finally the polymporphic lambda-calculus. Chapter 8 concerns three variants of the type-free lambda-calculus that have recently appeared in the research literature: the lazy lambda-calculus, the concurrent y-calculus and the lamdba omega-calculus. The final chapter contains references and a guide to further reading. There are exercises throughout. In contrast to earlier books on these topics, which were written by logicians, the book is written from a computer science perspective and emphasizes the practical relevance of many of the key theoretical ideas. The book is intended as a course text for final year undergraduates or first year graduate students in computer science. Research students should find it a useful introduction to more specialist literature.

About the Author

Chris Hankin, Department of Computing, Imperial College, London.